diff --git a/langchain/agents/initialize.py b/langchain/agents/initialize.py
index 550061e4613..e4d43d1f989 100644
--- a/langchain/agents/initialize.py
+++ b/langchain/agents/initialize.py
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ def initialize_agent(
     agent_kwargs: Optional[dict] = None,
     **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> AgentExecutor:
-    """Load agent given tools and LLM.
+    """Load an agent executor given tools and LLM.
 
     Args:
         tools: List of tools this agent has access to.
         llm: Language model to use as the agent.
-        agent: The agent to use. Valid options are:
+        agent: A string that specified the agent type to use. Valid options are:
             `zero-shot-react-description`
             `react-docstore`
             `self-ask-with-search`
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ def initialize_agent(
         callback_manager: CallbackManager to use. Global callback manager is used if
             not provided. Defaults to None.
         agent_path: Path to serialized agent to use.
-        **kwargs: Additional key word arguments to pass to the agent.
+        agent_kwargs: Additional key word arguments to pass to the underlying agent
+        **kwargs: Additional key word arguments passed to the agent executor
 
     Returns:
-        An agent.
+        An agent executor
     """
     if agent is None and agent_path is None:
         agent = "zero-shot-react-description"