diff --git a/R/data_arrange.R b/R/data_arrange.R
index e84314d4c..647dbe777 100644
--- a/R/data_arrange.R
+++ b/R/data_arrange.R
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
 #' data frame.
 #' @param select Character vector of column names. Use a dash just before column
 #' name to arrange in decreasing order, for example `"-x1"`.
+#' @param by Optional character string, indicating the names of one or more
+#' variables in the data frame. If supplied, data rows will be sorted within
+#' each group.
 #' @param safe Do not throw an error if one of the variables specified doesn't
 #' exist.
 #' @param ... Currently not used.
-#' @inheritParams data_summary
 #'
 #' @return A data frame, where rows are sorted according to the selected columns.
 #'
diff --git a/man/data_arrange.Rd b/man/data_arrange.Rd
index fc54ed29b..1f7e31aaf 100644
--- a/man/data_arrange.Rd
+++ b/man/data_arrange.Rd
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ data frame.}
 name to arrange in decreasing order, for example \code{"-x1"}.}
 
 \item{by}{Optional character string, indicating the names of one or more
-variables in the data frame. If supplied, the data will be split by these
-variables and summary statistics will be computed for each group.}
+variables in the data frame. If supplied, data rows will be sorted within
+each group.}
 
 \item{safe}{Do not throw an error if one of the variables specified doesn't
 exist.}