diff --git a/smriprep/workflows/anatomical.py b/smriprep/workflows/anatomical.py
index f01f4aef55..0a5e1782d2 100644
--- a/smriprep/workflows/anatomical.py
+++ b/smriprep/workflows/anatomical.py
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ def init_anat_preproc_wf(
         run-to-run replicability when used with --omp-nthreads 1
         (default: ``False``).
     fs_no_resume : bool
-        Adjust pipeline to reuse base template
-        of an existing longitudinal freesurfer output
+        use precomputed freesurfer without attempting to resume
+        (eg. for longitudinal base or fastsurfer)
         (default: ``False``).
 
     Inputs
diff --git a/smriprep/workflows/surfaces.py b/smriprep/workflows/surfaces.py
index a8fe63d1fb..c28adf1eea 100644
--- a/smriprep/workflows/surfaces.py
+++ b/smriprep/workflows/surfaces.py
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ def init_surface_recon_wf(
     hires : bool
         Enable sub-millimeter preprocessing in FreeSurfer
     fs_no_resume : bool
-        Adjust pipeline to reuse base template
-        of an existing longitudinal freesurfer output
+        use precomputed freesurfer without attempting to resume
+        (eg. for longitudinal base or fastsurfer)
 
     Inputs
     ------