diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/MailHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/MailHandler.php
index 86292727..50ed6380 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/MailHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/MailHandler.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ abstract class MailHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
     /**
      * Send a mail with the given content
      *
-     * @param string $content
+     * @param string $content formatted email body to be sent
      * @param array  $records the array of log records that formed this content
      */
     abstract protected function send($content, array $records);
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/SwiftMailerHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/SwiftMailerHandler.php
index 9237b1fd..5552e509 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/SwiftMailerHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/SwiftMailerHandler.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class SwiftMailerHandler extends MailHandler
     /**
      * Creates instance of Swift_Message to be sent
      *
-     * @param string $content
+     * @param string $content formatted email body to be sent
      * @param array  $records Log records that formed the content
      * @return \Swift_Message
      */