diff --git a/lib/dao.js b/lib/dao.js
index e93a58e9..645662c5 100644
--- a/lib/dao.js
+++ b/lib/dao.js
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ DataAccessObject.find = function find(params, cb) {
 
 // all ~ remoting attributes
 setRemoting(DataAccessObject.find, {
-    description: 'Find all instances of the model by filter from the data source',
+    description: 'Find all instances of the model matched by filter from the data source',
     accepts: {arg: 'filter', type: 'object'},
     returns: {arg: 'data', type: 'array', root: true},
     http: {verb: 'get', path: '/'}
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ DataAccessObject.findOne = function findOne(params, cb) {
 };
 
 setRemoting(DataAccessObject.findOne, {
-    description: 'Find first instance of the model by filter from the data source',
+    description: 'Find first instance of the model matched by filter from the data source',
     accepts: {arg: 'filter', type: 'object'},
     returns: {arg: 'data', type: 'object', root: true},
     http: {verb: 'get', path: '/findOne'}
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ DataAccessObject.count = function (where, cb) {
 
 // count ~ remoting attributes
 setRemoting(DataAccessObject.count, {
-    description: 'Count instances of the model by the where condition',
+    description: 'Count instances of the model matched by where from the data source',
     accepts: {arg: 'where', type: 'object'},
     returns: {arg: 'count', type: 'number'},
     http: {verb: 'get', path: '/count'}