diff --git a/chromadb/utils/embedding_functions.py b/chromadb/utils/embedding_functions.py
index aaef53c01e2..3e128be5f73 100644
--- a/chromadb/utils/embedding_functions.py
+++ b/chromadb/utils/embedding_functions.py
@@ -30,9 +30,19 @@ class SentenceTransformerEmbeddingFunction(EmbeddingFunction):
     def __init__(
         self,
         model_name: str = "all-MiniLM-L6-v2",
-        device: str = "cpu",
+        device: Optional[Literal["cpu", "cuda"]] = "cpu",
         normalize_embeddings: bool = False,
     ):
+        """
+        Initialize the SentenceTransformerEmbeddingFunction.
+
+        Args:
+            model_name (str, optional): The name of the model to use for text
+                embeddings. Defaults to "all-MiniLM-L6-v2".
+            device (str, optional): Device ("cuda" / "cpu") that should be
+                used for computation. If None, checks if a GPU can be used.
+                Defaults to "cpu".
+        """
         if model_name not in self.models:
             try:
                 from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer