diff --git a/R/type_text.R b/R/type_text.R
index 1a109215..6b14725d 100644
--- a/R/type_text.R
+++ b/R/type_text.R
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 #' Text annotations plot type
 #'
 #' @description Type function for adding text annotations to a plot. This function allows
-#' you to draw text at specified (x,y) coordinates. If no label is provided, the y-values
-#' will be used as the text labels.
+#' you to draw text at specified (x,y) coordinates.
 #'
-#' @param labels Character vector of the same length as the number of x,y coordinates.
+#' @param labels Character vector of length 1 or of the same length as the number of x,y coordinates.
 #' @param font Font to be used, following [graphics::par()]
 #' @inheritParams graphics::text
 #' @examples
@@ -46,4 +45,3 @@ draw_text = function(adj = NULL, pos = NULL, offset = 0.5, vfont = NULL, font =
     text(x = ix, y = iy, labels = ilabels, col = icol, adj = adj, pos = pos, offset = offset, vfont = vfont, font = font, cex = cex)
   }
 }
-
diff --git a/man/type_text.Rd b/man/type_text.Rd
index 8e4291e3..7dc41d25 100644
--- a/man/type_text.Rd
+++ b/man/type_text.Rd
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type_text(
 )
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{labels}{Character vector of the same length as the number of x,y coordinates.}
+\item{labels}{Character vector of length 1 or of the same length as the number of x,y coordinates.}
 
 \item{adj}{one or two values in \eqn{[0, 1]} which specify the x
     (and optionally y) adjustment (\sQuote{justification}) of the
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ type_text(
 }
 \description{
 Type function for adding text annotations to a plot. This function allows
-you to draw text at specified (x,y) coordinates. If no label is provided, the y-values
-will be used as the text labels.
+you to draw text at specified (x,y) coordinates.
 }
 \examples{