diff --git a/login_provider/db.py b/login_provider/db.py
index a10df789f0edcd05a57a406344929b3e65f8a14d..13c198f86c61415406f3d54b6619bbdb1abbc742 100644
--- a/login_provider/db.py
+++ b/login_provider/db.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class User(UserMixin):
     def _verify_password(self, password):
         """Verifies cleartext password
 
-        Sends the cleartext password provided to the function to the GraphQL API
+        Sends the cleartext `password` to the GraphQL API
         which verifies the password by hashing it and comparing it to a stored password
         hash.