diff --git a/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi_types_generic.h b/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi_types_generic.h
index f4b9dd14566..0cc2dfbdd0f 100644
--- a/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi_types_generic.h
+++ b/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi_types_generic.h
@@ -357,11 +357,11 @@ typedef enum {
 } wifi_sort_method_t;
 
 /**
-  * @brief Structure describing parameters for a Wi-Fi fast scan
+  * @brief Structure describing parameters for Wi-Fi scan during connection
   */
 typedef struct {
-    int8_t              rssi;             /**< The minimum rssi to accept in the fast scan mode. Defaults to -127 if set to >= 0 */
-    wifi_auth_mode_t    authmode;         /**< The weakest auth mode to accept in the fast scan mode
+    int8_t              rssi;             /**< The minimum rssi to accept in Wi-Fi scan. Defaults to -127 if set to >= 0 */
+    wifi_auth_mode_t    authmode;         /**< The weakest auth mode to accept in Wi-Fi scan
                                                Note: In case this value is not set and password is set as per WPA2 standards(password len >= 8), it will be defaulted to WPA2 and device won't connect to deprecated WEP/WPA networks. Please set auth mode threshold as WIFI_AUTH_WEP/WIFI_AUTH_WPA_PSK to connect to WEP/WPA networks */
     uint8_t             rssi_5g_adjustment; /**< The RSSI value of the 5G AP is within the rssi_5g_adjustment range compared to the 2G AP, the 5G AP will be given priority for connection. */
 } wifi_scan_threshold_t;