diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/rules/pycodestyle/rules/logical_lines/whitespace_before_parameters.rs b/crates/ruff/src/rules/pycodestyle/rules/logical_lines/whitespace_before_parameters.rs
index fb55dbeafe..1fea887220 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/rules/pycodestyle/rules/logical_lines/whitespace_before_parameters.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/rules/pycodestyle/rules/logical_lines/whitespace_before_parameters.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ use crate::checkers::logical_lines::LogicalLinesContext;
 use crate::rules::pycodestyle::rules::logical_lines::LogicalLine;
 
 /// ## What it does
-/// Checks for extraneous whitespace immediately after an open parenthesis
+/// Checks for extraneous whitespace immediately preceding an open parenthesis
 /// or bracket.
 ///
 /// ## Why is this bad?
-/// According to [PEP 8], open parentheses and brackets should not be followed
+/// According to [PEP 8], open parentheses and brackets should not be preceded
 /// by any trailing whitespace.
 ///
 /// ## Example