diff --git a/docs/source_docs/user_guide/inputs/output/ascent.rst b/docs/source_docs/user_guide/inputs/output/ascent.rst
index a61bc21300a1b889aaa6ba0a0399646c2be67c8d..d125f516ab5fb38dc6bad9e9d1b89a2e2bdb251b 100644
--- a/docs/source_docs/user_guide/inputs/output/ascent.rst
+++ b/docs/source_docs/user_guide/inputs/output/ascent.rst
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ The following inputs must be preceded by the prefix ``mfix`` and control frequen
 +----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+-----------+
 |                      | Description                                                           |   Type      | Default   |
 +======================+=======================================================================+=============+===========+
-| ascent_int           | Frequency of ascent pipeline;                                         |    Int      | -1        |
-|                      | if -1 then ascent will not be called.                                 |             |           |
+| ascent_int           | Frequency of ascent pipeline in timesteps; -1 to disable ascent       |    Int      | -1        |
+|                      | pipeline based on timeseps.                                           |             |           |
 +----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+-----------+
-| ascent_per_approx    | Time period of the ascent pipeline (approximate);                     |    Real     | -1        |
-|                      | if -1 then ascent will not be called.                                 |             |           |
+| ascent_per_approx    | Time period of the ascent pipeline in simulation time(approximate);   |    Real     | -1        |
+|                      | -1 to disable ascent pipeline based on simulation time.               |             |           |
 +----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+-----------+