diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 89fccde..297f3fa 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -376,7 +376,8 @@ impl Sbot {
     /// # Arguments
     ///
     /// * `name` - A string slice representing a profile name (bio)
-    /// * `id` - A string slice representing a id (profile reference / public key) of who the name is for
+    /// * `id` - A string slice representing the id (profile reference / public key)
+    /// of the profile being named
     ///
     pub fn publish_name(&self, id: &str, name: &str) -> Result<String, SbotCliError> {
         let output = Command::new(&self.sbotcli_path)
@@ -518,7 +519,7 @@ impl Sbot {
                 },
                 // if the regex does not match, then return an error
                 None => {
-                    Err(SbotCliError::WhoAmI("Error calling whoami: regex not matched".to_string()))
+                    Err(SbotCliError::WhoAmI("Error calling whoami: failed to capture the id value using regex".to_string()))
                 }
             }
         } else {