diff --git a/gst/lal/gstlal_minmax.c b/gst/lal/gstlal_minmax.c
index acae2948bdeb5ac40d0f7395ef9c7e234a2fb65f..983e12297363896213e2f1b98ee4a84e06a7fbab 100644
--- a/gst/lal/gstlal_minmax.c
+++ b/gst/lal/gstlal_minmax.c
@@ -587,9 +587,9 @@ static void gstlal_minmax_class_init(GSTLALMinMaxClass *klass)
 			"Mode",
 			"Which extreme value you want the element to find.\n\t\t\t"
 			"mode=0: compute minimum of input\n\t\t\t"
-			"mode=1: compute absolute value of minimum of input\n\t\t\t"
+			"mode=1: compute input with smallest absolute value\n\t\t\t"
 			"mode=2: compute maximum of input\n\t\t\t"
-			"mode=3: compute absolute value of maximum of input\n\t\t\t"
+			"mode=3: compute input with greatest absolute value\n\t\t\t"
 			"Note that, for complex streams, if mode=0 or mode=2, only the real part is\n\t\t\t"
 			"considered.",
 			0, 3, 0,
diff --git a/tests/tests_pytest/act2darm_timeseries.py b/tests/tests_pytest/act2darm_timeseries.py
index 72d767796a7c5e3e194720a3f2c76f8679a93d9f..65c54f2da70ac150d1da70c76b83470098097bd2 100755
--- a/tests/tests_pytest/act2darm_timeseries.py
+++ b/tests/tests_pytest/act2darm_timeseries.py
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ def act2darm(pipeline, name):
 def Act2darm():
 	test_common.build_and_run(act2darm, "act2darm", segment = segments.segment((LIGOTimeGPS(0, 1000000000 * gps_start_time), LIGOTimeGPS(0, 1000000000 * gps_end_time))))
 	plot_deltal_over_inj_timeseries('act')
+	assert False
 	rms('A')
 	rms('A', 'E')