diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/sshkey.rb b/lib/puppet/type/sshkey.rb
index db3c52c85..2a3d5fedf 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/sshkey.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/sshkey.rb
@@ -1,73 +1,73 @@
 module Puppet
   newtype(:sshkey) do
     @doc = "Installs and manages ssh host keys.  At this point, this type
       only knows how to install keys into `/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts`.  See
       the `ssh_authorized_key` type to manage authorized keys."
 
     ensurable
 
     newproperty(:type) do
       desc "The encryption type used.  Probably ssh-dss or ssh-rsa."
 
       newvalues :'ssh-dss', :'ssh-ed25519', :'ssh-rsa', :'ecdsa-sha2-nistp256', :'ecdsa-sha2-nistp384', :'ecdsa-sha2-nistp521'
 
       aliasvalue(:dsa, :'ssh-dss')
       aliasvalue(:ed25519, :'ssh-ed25519')
       aliasvalue(:rsa, :'ssh-rsa')
     end
 
     newproperty(:key) do
-      desc "The key itself; generally a long string of hex digits."
+      desc "The key itself; generally a long string of uuencoded characters."
     end
 
     # FIXME This should automagically check for aliases to the hosts, just
     # to see if we can automatically glean any aliases.
     newproperty(:host_aliases) do
       desc 'Any aliases the host might have.  Multiple values must be
         specified as an array.'
 
       attr_accessor :meta
 
       def insync?(is)
         is == @should
       end
       # We actually want to return the whole array here, not just the first
       # value.
       def should
         defined?(@should) ? @should : nil
       end
 
       validate do |value|
         if value =~ /\s/
           raise Puppet::Error, "Aliases cannot include whitespace"
         end
         if value =~ /,/
           raise Puppet::Error, "Aliases must be provided as an array, not a comma-separated list"
         end
       end
     end
 
     newparam(:name) do
       desc "The host name that the key is associated with."
 
       isnamevar
 
       validate do |value|
         raise Puppet::Error, "Resourcename cannot include whitespaces" if value =~ /\s/
         raise Puppet::Error, "No comma in resourcename allowed. If you want to specify aliases use the host_aliases property" if value.include?(',')
       end
     end
 
     newproperty(:target) do
       desc "The file in which to store the ssh key.  Only used by
         the `parsed` provider."
 
       defaultto { if @resource.class.defaultprovider.ancestors.include?(Puppet::Provider::ParsedFile)
         @resource.class.defaultprovider.default_target
         else
           nil
         end
       }
     end
   end
 end