diff --git a/changelog/732.feature.rst b/changelog/732.feature.rst
index a172095b6..4eddebc48 100644
--- a/changelog/732.feature.rst
+++ b/changelog/732.feature.rst
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Add a ``keep_dims=False`` kwarg to `~ndcube.NDCube.crop` and `~ndcube.NDCube.crop_by_values` setting to true keeps size one dimensions default behavior drops.
+Add a ``keepdims=False`` kwarg to `~ndcube.NDCube.crop` and `~ndcube.NDCube.crop_by_values` setting to true keeps length-1 dimensions default behavior drops these dimensions.
diff --git a/ndcube/ndcube.py b/ndcube/ndcube.py
index f642ff367..953f222d7 100644
--- a/ndcube/ndcube.py
+++ b/ndcube/ndcube.py
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ def crop(self,
             ``.extra_coords`` properties will be used.
 
         keepdims: `bool`, optional
-            If `True` keep size one dimensions rather than dropping.
+            If `True` keep lenght-1 dimensions rather than dropping.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ def crop_by_values(self,
             ``.extra_coords`` properties will be used.
 
         keepdims: `bool`, optional
-            If `True` keep size one dimensions rather than dropping.
+            If `True` keep lenght-1 dimensions rather than dropping.
 
         Returns
         -------
diff --git a/ndcube/utils/cube.py b/ndcube/utils/cube.py
index 481442aa8..c4e294f1c 100644
--- a/ndcube/utils/cube.py
+++ b/ndcube/utils/cube.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def get_crop_item_from_points(points, wcs, crop_by_values, keepdims):
         i.e. low-level objects.
 
     keep_dims : `bool`
-        If true keep size 1 dimensions rather than dropping
+        If `False`, return item that will drop length-1 dimensions otherwise, item will keep length-1 dimensions.
 
     Returns
     -------