diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
index c617b0389cf..00e77d89e5c 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan testmempoolaccept()
                 RPCResult{
                     RPCResult::Type::ARR, "", "The result of the mempool acceptance test for each raw transaction in the input array.\n"
                         "Returns results for each transaction in the same order they were passed in.\n"
-                        "It is possible for transactions to not be fully validated ('allowed' unset) if another transaction failed.\n",
+                        "Transactions that cannot be fully validated due to failures in other transactions will not contain an 'allowed' result.\n",
                     {
                         {RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "", "",
                         {
diff --git a/src/validation.h b/src/validation.h
index 9d8d7c06a9e..b80fa9d3280 100644
--- a/src/validation.h
+++ b/src/validation.h
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ struct PackageMempoolAcceptResult
     /**
     * Map from wtxid to finished MempoolAcceptResults. The client is responsible
     * for keeping track of the transaction objects themselves. If a result is not
-    * present, it means validation was unfinished for that transaction.
+    * present, it means validation was unfinished for that transaction. If there
+    * was a package-wide error (see result in m_state), m_tx_results will be empty.
     */
     std::map<const uint256, const MempoolAcceptResult> m_tx_results;
 
@@ -227,7 +228,8 @@ MempoolAcceptResult AcceptToMemoryPool(CChainState& active_chainstate, CTxMemPoo
 * @param[in]    txns                Group of transactions which may be independent or contain
 *                                   parent-child dependencies. The transactions must not conflict
 *                                   with each other, i.e., must not spend the same inputs. If any
-*                                   dependencies exist, parents must appear before children.
+*                                   dependencies exist, parents must appear anywhere in the list
+*                                   before their children.
 * @returns a PackageMempoolAcceptResult which includes a MempoolAcceptResult for each transaction.
 * If a transaction fails, validation will exit early and some results may be missing.
 */