diff --git a/share/analysis-scripts/build.py b/share/analysis-scripts/build.py
index 43b967f965e5a32fa20c1880ac3c5d33c2256115..d912dc3d824540513fcf1003da6be14dba7251e4 100755
--- a/share/analysis-scripts/build.py
+++ b/share/analysis-scripts/build.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ parser.add_argument(
     "--base",
     metavar="DIR",
     default=".",
-    help="base directory used for pretty-printing relative paths (default: PWD)",
+    help="base directory to use when pretty-printing relative paths (default: PWD)",
     type=Path,
 )
 parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/share/analysis-scripts/estimate_difficulty.py b/share/analysis-scripts/estimate_difficulty.py
index 3c7ad122290dbb86a82b4ae47eb34f5338826a82..47437f56cbddd472930d3481a9ebd786e024bc1d 100755
--- a/share/analysis-scripts/estimate_difficulty.py
+++ b/share/analysis-scripts/estimate_difficulty.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def get_dir(path):
 
 
 def collect_files_and_local_dirs(paths) -> tuple[set[Path], set[Path]]:
-    """Returns the list of directories (and their subdirectories) containing
+    """Returns the list of files and directories (and their subdirectories) containing
     the specified paths. Note that this also includes subdirectories which do not
     themselves contain any .c files, but which may contain .h files."""
     dirs: set[Path] = set()