diff --git a/crates/bevy_asset/src/path.rs b/crates/bevy_asset/src/path.rs
index 1285b1863a7cba..574bb06b570d8a 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_asset/src/path.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_asset/src/path.rs
@@ -121,37 +121,37 @@ impl<'a> AssetPath<'a> {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Resolves a relative asset path. The result will be an `AssetPath` which is resolved relative
-    /// to this path.
+    /// Resolves a possibly-relative path string relative to a base path, producing an `AssetPath`.
     ///
-    /// If the relative path begins with `#`, then it is considered an asset label, in which case
+    /// If the path argument begins with `#`, then it is considered an asset label, in which case
     /// the result is the base path with the label portion replaced.
     ///
-    /// If the relative path starts with "./" or "../", then the result is combined with the base
-    /// path and canonicalized. The rules are the same as for URIs, which means that the relative
-    /// path is resolved relative to the *directory* of the base path, so a base path of
-    /// `"x/y/z#foo"` combined with a relative path of `"./a#bar"` yields `"x/y/a#bar"`.
+    /// If the path argument starts with "./" or "../", then the result the concatenation of
+    /// the base path and the path argument, which is then canonicalized. The rules are the same as
+    /// for URIs, which means that the path argument is resolved relative to the *directory* of the
+    /// base path, so a base path of `"x/y/z#foo"` combined with a relative path of `"./a#bar"`
+    /// yields `"x/y/a#bar"`.
     ///
-    /// If neither of the above are true, then the relative path is considered a 'full' path,
-    /// and the result is simply a canonicalized version of the relative path string, converted
+    /// If neither of the above are true, then the path argument is considered a 'full' path,
+    /// and the result is simply a canonicalized version of the argument string, converted
     /// into an `AssetPath`. Note that a 'full' asset path is still relative to the asset root
     /// directory, and not necessarily an absolute filesystem path.
     ///
-    /// Note that "./" and "../" elements are only canonicalized in the relative path, any such
+    /// Note that "./" and "../" elements are only canonicalized in the path argument, any such
     /// elements in the base path are left as-is.
     ///
     /// # Panics
     ///
-    /// This method will panic if the relative path has more 'parent' elements ("../") than
+    /// This method will panic if the path argument has more 'parent' elements ("../") than
     /// are available in the base path.
-    pub fn resolve(&'a self, relative_path: &'a str) -> AssetPath<'a> {
-        if let Some(label) = relative_path.strip_prefix('#') {
+    pub fn resolve(&'a self, path: &'a str) -> AssetPath<'a> {
+        if let Some(label) = path.strip_prefix('#') {
             // It's a label only
             AssetPath::new_ref(&self.path, Some(label))
         } else {
-            let (rpath, rlabel) = match relative_path.split_once('#') {
+            let (rpath, rlabel) = match path.split_once('#') {
                 Some((path, label)) => (path, Some(label.to_string())),
-                None => (relative_path, None),
+                None => (path, None),
             };
             let mut fpath = PathBuf::from(self.path());
             if !fpath.pop() {