diff --git a/lib/dao.js b/lib/dao.js
index 0e9e7c6f..e93a58e9 100644
--- a/lib/dao.js
+++ b/lib/dao.js
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ function setRemoting(fn, options) {
 }
 
 setRemoting(DataAccessObject.create, {
-    description: 'Create new instance of the model and save it in database',
+    description: 'Create a new instance of the model and persist it into the data source',
     accepts: {arg: 'data', type: 'object', http: {source: 'body'}},
     returns: {arg: 'data', type: 'object', root: true},
     http: {verb: 'post', path: '/'}
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ DataAccessObject.upsert = DataAccessObject.updateOrCreate = function upsert(data
 
 // upsert ~ remoting attributes
 setRemoting(DataAccessObject.upsert, {
-    description: 'Update or insert a model instance',
+    description: 'Update an existing model instance or insert a new one into the data source',
     accepts: {arg: 'data', type: 'object', http: {source: 'body'}},
     returns: {arg: 'data', type: 'object', root: true},
     http: {verb: 'put', path: '/'}
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ DataAccessObject.exists = function exists(id, cb) {
 
 // exists ~ remoting attributes
 setRemoting(DataAccessObject.exists, {
-    description: 'Check whether a model instance exists in database',
+    description: 'Check whether a model instance exists in the data source',
     accepts: {arg: 'id', type: 'any'},
     returns: {arg: 'exists', type: 'any'},
     http: {verb: 'get', path: '/exists'}
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ DataAccessObject.findById = function find(id, cb) {
 
 // find ~ remoting attributes
 setRemoting(DataAccessObject.findById, {
-    description: 'Find a model instance by id',
+    description: 'Find a model instance by id from the data source',
     accepts: {arg: 'id', type: 'any'},
     returns: {arg: 'data', type: 'any', root: true},
     http: {verb: 'get', path: '/:id'}
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ DataAccessObject.find = function find(params, cb) {
 
 // all ~ remoting attributes
 setRemoting(DataAccessObject.find, {
-    description: 'Find all instances of the model, matched by the filter',
+    description: 'Find all instances of the model 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, matched by the filter',
+    description: 'Find first instance of the model by filter from the data source',
     accepts: {arg: 'filter', type: 'object'},
     returns: {arg: 'data', type: 'object', root: true},
     http: {verb: 'get', path: '/findOne'}
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ DataAccessObject.deleteById =
 
 // deleteById ~ remoting attributes
 setRemoting(DataAccessObject.deleteById, {
-    description: 'Delete a model instance by id',
+    description: 'Delete a model instance by id from the data source',
     accepts: {arg: 'id', type: 'any'},
     http: {verb: 'del', path: '/:id'}
 });
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ DataAccessObject.count = function (where, cb) {
 
 // count ~ remoting attributes
 setRemoting(DataAccessObject.count, {
-    description: 'Count instances of the model, matched by the where condition',
+    description: 'Count instances of the model by the where condition',
     accepts: {arg: 'where', type: 'object'},
     returns: {arg: 'count', type: 'number'},
     http: {verb: 'get', path: '/count'}
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ DataAccessObject.prototype.updateAttributes = function updateAttributes(data, cb
 
 // updateAttributes ~ remoting attributes
 setRemoting(DataAccessObject.prototype.updateAttributes, {
-    description: 'Update set of attributes for a model instance',
+    description: 'Update attributes for a model instance and persist it into the data source',
     accepts: {arg: 'data', type: 'object', http: {source: 'body'}},
     returns: {arg: 'data', type: 'object', root: true},
     http: {verb: 'put', path: '/'}
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ DataAccessObject.prototype.reload = function reload(callback) {
 };
 
 setRemoting(DataAccessObject.prototype.reload, {
-    description: 'Reload a model instance from database',
+    description: 'Reload a model instance from the data source',
     returns: {arg: 'data', type: 'object', root: true}
 });