diff --git a/src/proto_alpha/lib_protocol/delegate_services.ml b/src/proto_alpha/lib_protocol/delegate_services.ml
index ad13cc74a00576500d2954aab5ef559c4d32f485..d9637326456292def6b7b70bae89ceca99fa902d 100644
--- a/src/proto_alpha/lib_protocol/delegate_services.ml
+++ b/src/proto_alpha/lib_protocol/delegate_services.ml
@@ -334,9 +334,8 @@ module S = struct
   let frozen_deposits =
     RPC_service.get_service
       ~description:
-        "Returns the amount of the frozen deposits (in mutez) at the beginning \
-         of the current cycle. It doesn't count frozen deposits unstaked \
-         before the current cycle."
+        "Returns the amount (in mutez) frozen as a deposit at the time the \
+         staking rights for the current cycle where computed."
       ~query:RPC_query.empty
       ~output:Tez.encoding
       RPC_path.(path / "frozen_deposits")