diff --git a/graphql_schema.json b/graphql_schema.json
index 30f9d87c7e2..0ffcbbffafa 100644
--- a/graphql_schema.json
+++ b/graphql_schema.json
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "memo",
-              "description": "Short arbitrary message provided by the sender",
+              "description": "A short message from the sender, encoded with Base58Check, version byte=0x14; byte 2 of the decoding is the message length",
               "args": [],
               "type": {
                 "kind": "SCALAR",
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "memo",
-              "description": "Short arbitrary message provided by the sender",
+              "description": "A short message from the sender, encoded with Base58Check, version byte=0x14; byte 2 of the decoding is the message length",
               "type": {
                 "kind": "SCALAR",
                 "name": "String",
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "memo",
-              "description": "Short arbitrary message provided by the sender",
+              "description": "A short message from the sender, encoded with Base58Check, version byte=0x14; byte 2 of the decoding is the message length",
               "args": [],
               "type": {
                 "kind": "SCALAR",
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "memo",
-              "description": "Short arbitrary message provided by the sender",
+              "description": "A short message from the sender, encoded with Base58Check, version byte=0x14; byte 2 of the decoding is the message length",
               "type": {
                 "kind": "SCALAR",
                 "name": "String",
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "memo",
-              "description": "Short arbitrary message provided by the sender",
+              "description": "A short message from the sender, encoded with Base58Check, version byte=0x14; byte 2 of the decoding is the message length",
               "args": [],
               "type": {
                 "kind": "SCALAR",
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "memo",
-              "description": "Short arbitrary message provided by the sender",
+              "description": "A short message from the sender, encoded with Base58Check, version byte=0x14; byte 2 of the decoding is the message length",
               "type": {
                 "kind": "SCALAR",
                 "name": "String",
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "memo",
-              "description": "Short arbitrary message provided by the sender",
+              "description": "A short message from the sender, encoded with Base58Check, version byte=0x14; byte 2 of the decoding is the message length",
               "args": [],
               "type": {
                 "kind": "SCALAR",
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "memo",
-              "description": "Short arbitrary message provided by the sender",
+              "description": "A short message from the sender, encoded with Base58Check, version byte=0x14; byte 2 of the decoding is the message length",
               "type": {
                 "kind": "SCALAR",
                 "name": "String",
@@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "memo",
-              "description": "Short arbitrary message provided by the sender",
+              "description": "A short message from the sender, encoded with Base58Check, version byte=0x14; byte 2 of the decoding is the message length",
               "args": [],
               "type": {
                 "kind": "SCALAR",
@@ -1740,7 +1740,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "memo",
-              "description": "Short arbitrary message provided by the sender",
+              "description": "A short message from the sender, encoded with Base58Check, version byte=0x14; byte 2 of the decoding is the message length",
               "type": {
                 "kind": "SCALAR",
                 "name": "String",
@@ -3594,7 +3594,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "amount",
-              "description": "Amount that the source is sending to receiver - this is 0 for commands that are not associated with an amount",
+              "description": "Amount that the source is sending to receiver; 0 for commands without an associated amount",
               "args": [],
               "type": {
                 "kind": "NON_NULL",
@@ -3642,7 +3642,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "memo",
-              "description": "Short arbitrary message provided by the sender",
+              "description": "A short message from the sender, encoded with Base58Check, version byte=0x14; byte 2 of the decoding is the message length",
               "args": [],
               "type": {
                 "kind": "NON_NULL",
@@ -3915,7 +3915,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "amount",
-              "description": "Amount that the source is sending to receiver - this is 0 for commands that are not associated with an amount",
+	      "description": "Amount that the source is sending to receiver; 0 for commands without an associated amount",
               "args": [],
               "type": {
                 "kind": "NON_NULL",
@@ -3963,7 +3963,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "memo",
-              "description": "Short arbitrary message provided by the sender",
+              "description": "A short message from the sender, encoded with Base58Check, version byte=0x14; byte 2 of the decoding is the message length",
               "args": [],
               "type": {
                 "kind": "NON_NULL",
@@ -4236,7 +4236,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "amount",
-              "description": "Amount that the source is sending to receiver - this is 0 for commands that are not associated with an amount",
+              "description": "Amount that the source is sending to receiver; 0 for commands without an associated amount",
               "args": [],
               "type": {
                 "kind": "NON_NULL",
@@ -4284,7 +4284,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "memo",
-              "description": "Short arbitrary message provided by the sender",
+              "description": "A short message from the sender, encoded with Base58Check, version byte=0x14; byte 2 of the decoding is the message length",
               "args": [],
               "type": {
                 "kind": "NON_NULL",
@@ -4557,7 +4557,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "amount",
-              "description": "Amount that the source is sending to receiver - this is 0 for commands that are not associated with an amount",
+              "description": "Amount that the source is sending to receiver; 0 for commands without an associated amount",
               "args": [],
               "type": {
                 "kind": "NON_NULL",
@@ -4605,7 +4605,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "memo",
-              "description": "Short arbitrary message provided by the sender",
+              "description": "A short message from the sender, encoded with Base58Check, version byte=0x14; byte 2 of the decoding is the message length",
               "args": [],
               "type": {
                 "kind": "NON_NULL",
@@ -4882,7 +4882,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "amount",
-              "description": "Amount that the source is sending to receiver - this is 0 for commands that are not associated with an amount",
+              "description": "Amount that the source is sending to receiver; 0 for commands without an associated amount",
               "args": [],
               "type": {
                 "kind": "NON_NULL",
@@ -4930,7 +4930,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "memo",
-              "description": "Short arbitrary message provided by the sender",
+              "description": "A short message from the sender, encoded with Base58Check, version byte=0x14; byte 2 of the decoding is the message length",
               "args": [],
               "type": {
                 "kind": "NON_NULL",
@@ -5171,7 +5171,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "amount",
-              "description": "Amount that the source is sending to receiver - 0 for commands that are not associated with an amount",
+              "description": "Amount that the source is sending to receiver; 0 for commands without an associated amount",
               "args": [],
               "type": {
                 "kind": "NON_NULL",
@@ -5219,7 +5219,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "memo",
-              "description": "Short arbitrary message provided by the sender",
+		"description": "A short message from the sender, encoded with Base58Check, version byte=0x14; byte 2 of the decoding is the message length",
               "args": [],
               "type": {
                 "kind": "NON_NULL",
diff --git a/src/lib/coda_graphql/coda_graphql.ml b/src/lib/coda_graphql/coda_graphql.ml
index c4c65b18ab2..8f1be4989f7 100644
--- a/src/lib/coda_graphql/coda_graphql.ml
+++ b/src/lib/coda_graphql/coda_graphql.ml
@@ -969,9 +969,8 @@ module Types = struct
             Signed_command.token cmd.With_hash.data )
       ; field "amount" ~typ:(non_null uint64) ~args:[]
           ~doc:
-            "Amount that the source is sending to receiver - this is 0 for \
-             commands that are not associated with an amount"
-          ~resolve:(fun _ cmd ->
+            "Amount that the source is sending to receiver; 0 for commands \
+             without an associated amount" ~resolve:(fun _ cmd ->
             match Signed_command.amount cmd.With_hash.data with
             | Some amount ->
                 Currency.Amount.to_uint64 amount
@@ -986,15 +985,18 @@ module Types = struct
              transaction" ~resolve:(fun _ cmd ->
             Signed_command.fee cmd.With_hash.data |> Currency.Fee.to_uint64 )
       ; field "memo" ~typ:(non_null string) ~args:[]
-          ~doc:"Short arbitrary message provided by the sender"
+          ~doc:
+            (sprintf
+               "A short message from the sender, encoded with Base58Check, \
+                version byte=0x%02X; byte 2 of the decoding is the message \
+                length"
+               (Char.to_int Base58_check.Version_bytes.user_command_memo))
           ~resolve:(fun _ payment ->
             Signed_command_payload.memo
             @@ Signed_command.payload payment.With_hash.data
             |> Signed_command_memo.to_string )
       ; field "isDelegation" ~typ:(non_null bool) ~args:[]
-          ~doc:
-            "If true, this represents a delegation of stake, otherwise it is \
-             a payment"
+          ~doc:"If true, this command represents a delegation of stake"
           ~deprecated:(Deprecated (Some "use kind field instead"))
           ~resolve:(fun _ user_command ->
             match