diff --git a/smartsim/experiment.py b/smartsim/experiment.py
index d5aafc3b6..e0f960079 100644
--- a/smartsim/experiment.py
+++ b/smartsim/experiment.py
@@ -234,9 +234,9 @@ def get_status(self, *records: Record) -> tuple[JobStatus | InvalidJobStatus, ..
         """Get the status of jobs launched through the `Experiment` from the
         record returned when calling `Experiment.start`.
 
-        The `Experiment` will map the launched id of the record back to the
+        The `Experiment` will map the record id of the record back to the
         launcher that started the job and request a status update. The order of
-        the returned statuses exactly matches the order of the records.
+        the returned statuses matches the order of the records.
 
         If the `Experiment` cannot find any launcher that started the job
         associated with the launched job id, then a
@@ -448,9 +448,9 @@ def stop(self, *records: Record) -> tuple[JobStatus | InvalidJobStatus, ...]:
             respective of the order of the calling arguments.
         """
         if not records:
-            raise ValueError("No records provided")
+            raise ValueError("No records provided. No jobs will be stopped.")
         if not all(isinstance(record, Record) for record in records):
-            raise TypeError("record argument was not of type Record")
+            raise TypeError("Record argument was not of type `Record`.")
         ids = tuple(record.launched_id for record in records)
         by_launcher = self._launch_history.group_by_launcher(set(ids), unknown_ok=True)
         id_to_stop_stat = (
diff --git a/smartsim/launchable/job.py b/smartsim/launchable/job.py
index 9ce7dc87e..ac44a21e9 100644
--- a/smartsim/launchable/job.py
+++ b/smartsim/launchable/job.py
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:  # pragma: no cover
 
 @t.final
 class Record:
-    """A Record object to track a launched job along with its assigned
-    launch ID.
+    """An object composed of a unique identifier for a launched job, and a copy
+    of the job that was launched.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, launch_id: LaunchedJobID, job: Job) -> None:
@@ -198,6 +198,6 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
             Launch Record:
                 Launched Job ID:
                     {self.launched_id}
-                Laucnehd Job:
+                Launched Job:
             {textwrap.indent(str(self._job), "        ")}
             """)
diff --git a/tests/test_experiment.py b/tests/test_experiment.py
index f3494de61..b4b036424 100644
--- a/tests/test_experiment.py
+++ b/tests/test_experiment.py
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ def test_type_wait_parameter(test_dir):
 
 def test_type_stop_parameter(test_dir):
     exp = Experiment(name="exp_name", exp_path=test_dir)
-    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="record argument was not of type Record"):
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="Record argument was not of type `Record`"):
         exp.stop(2)