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diff --git a/guix/monads.scm b/guix/monads.scm
index 6933f7f151..fe3d5d78f1 100644
--- a/guix/monads.scm
+++ b/guix/monads.scm
@@ -204,8 +204,10 @@ the last one."
(define-syntax mwhen
(syntax-rules ()
- "When CONDITION is true, evaluate MEXP0..MEXP* as in an 'mbegin'. When
-CONDITION is false, return *unspecified* in the current monad."
+ "When CONDITION is true, evaluate the sequence of monadic expressions
+MEXP0..MEXP* as in an 'mbegin'. When CONDITION is false, return *unspecified*
+in the current monad. Every expression in the sequence must be a monadic
+expression."
((_ condition mexp0 mexp* ...)
(if condition
(mbegin %current-monad
@@ -214,8 +216,10 @@ CONDITION is false, return *unspecified* in the current monad."
(define-syntax munless
(syntax-rules ()
- "When CONDITION is false, evaluate MEXP0..MEXP* as in an 'mbegin'. When
-CONDITION is true, return *unspecified* in the current monad."
+ "When CONDITION is false, evaluate the sequence of monadic expressions
+MEXP0..MEXP* as in an 'mbegin'. When CONDITION is true, return *unspecified*
+in the current monad. Every expression in the sequence must be a monadic
+expression."
((_ condition mexp0 mexp* ...)
(if condition
(return *unspecified*)