diff --git a/runtime/doc/api.txt b/runtime/doc/api.txt
index 812208ca31..34c2c31824 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/api.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/api.txt
@@ -1725,8 +1725,7 @@ Vimscript Functions                                            *api-vimscript*
 nvim_call_dict_function({dict}, {fn}, {args})
                 Calls a VimL |Dictionary-function| with the given arguments.
 
-                On execution error: fails with VimL error, does not update
-                v:errmsg.
+                On execution error: fails with VimL error, updates v:errmsg.
 
                 Parameters: ~
                     {dict}  Dictionary, or String evaluating to a VimL |self|
@@ -1740,8 +1739,7 @@ nvim_call_dict_function({dict}, {fn}, {args})
 nvim_call_function({fn}, {args})                        *nvim_call_function()*
                 Calls a VimL function with the given arguments.
 
-                On execution error: fails with VimL error, does not update
-                v:errmsg.
+                On execution error: fails with VimL error, updates v:errmsg.
 
                 Parameters: ~
                     {fn}    Function to call
@@ -1760,6 +1758,8 @@ nvim_cmd({*cmd}, {*opts})                                         *nvim_cmd()*
                 argument, expanding filenames in a command that otherwise
                 doesn't expand filenames, etc.
 
+                On execution error: fails with VimL error, updates v:errmsg.
+
                 Parameters: ~
                     {cmd}   Command to execute. Must be a Dictionary that can
                             contain the same values as the return value of
@@ -1781,8 +1781,7 @@ nvim_cmd({*cmd}, {*opts})                                         *nvim_cmd()*
 nvim_command({command})                                       *nvim_command()*
                 Executes an Ex command.
 
-                On execution error: fails with VimL error, does not update
-                v:errmsg.
+                On execution error: fails with VimL error, updates v:errmsg.
 
                 Prefer using |nvim_cmd()| or |nvim_exec()| over this. To
                 evaluate multiple lines of Vim script or an Ex command
@@ -1798,8 +1797,7 @@ nvim_eval({expr})                                                *nvim_eval()*
                 Evaluates a VimL |expression|. Dictionaries and Lists are
                 recursively expanded.
 
-                On execution error: fails with VimL error, does not update
-                v:errmsg.
+                On execution error: fails with VimL error, updates v:errmsg.
 
                 Parameters: ~
                     {expr}  VimL expression string
@@ -1814,8 +1812,7 @@ nvim_exec({src}, {output})                                       *nvim_exec()*
                 Unlike |nvim_command()| this function supports heredocs,
                 script-scope (s:), etc.
 
-                On execution error: fails with VimL error, does not update
-                v:errmsg.
+                On execution error: fails with VimL error, updates v:errmsg.
 
                 Parameters: ~
                     {src}     Vimscript code
diff --git a/src/nvim/api/vimscript.c b/src/nvim/api/vimscript.c
index 42101af7f0..b8f7b33cd5 100644
--- a/src/nvim/api/vimscript.c
+++ b/src/nvim/api/vimscript.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 /// Unlike |nvim_command()| this function supports heredocs, script-scope (s:),
 /// etc.
 ///
-/// On execution error: fails with VimL error, does not update v:errmsg.
+/// On execution error: fails with VimL error, updates v:errmsg.
 ///
 /// @see |execute()|
 /// @see |nvim_command()|
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ theend:
 
 /// Executes an Ex command.
 ///
-/// On execution error: fails with VimL error, does not update v:errmsg.
+/// On execution error: fails with VimL error, updates v:errmsg.
 ///
 /// Prefer using |nvim_cmd()| or |nvim_exec()| over this. To evaluate multiple lines of Vim script
 /// or an Ex command directly, use |nvim_exec()|. To construct an Ex command using a structured
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ void nvim_command(String command, Error *err)
 /// Evaluates a VimL |expression|.
 /// Dictionaries and Lists are recursively expanded.
 ///
-/// On execution error: fails with VimL error, does not update v:errmsg.
+/// On execution error: fails with VimL error, updates v:errmsg.
 ///
 /// @param expr     VimL expression string
 /// @param[out] err Error details, if any
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ free_vim_args:
 
 /// Calls a VimL function with the given arguments.
 ///
-/// On execution error: fails with VimL error, does not update v:errmsg.
+/// On execution error: fails with VimL error, updates v:errmsg.
 ///
 /// @param fn       Function to call
 /// @param args     Function arguments packed in an Array
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ Object nvim_call_function(String fn, Array args, Error *err)
 
 /// Calls a VimL |Dictionary-function| with the given arguments.
 ///
-/// On execution error: fails with VimL error, does not update v:errmsg.
+/// On execution error: fails with VimL error, updates v:errmsg.
 ///
 /// @param dict Dictionary, or String evaluating to a VimL |self| dict
 /// @param fn Name of the function defined on the VimL dict
@@ -996,6 +996,8 @@ end:
 /// such as having spaces inside a command argument, expanding filenames in a command that otherwise
 /// doesn't expand filenames, etc.
 ///
+/// On execution error: fails with VimL error, updates v:errmsg.
+///
 /// @see |nvim_exec()|
 /// @see |nvim_command()|
 ///