diff --git a/src/ophyd_async/core/_device/device_save_loader.py b/src/ophyd_async/core/_device/device_save_loader.py
index 00b02d2838..7a71b6265a 100644
--- a/src/ophyd_async/core/_device/device_save_loader.py
+++ b/src/ophyd_async/core/_device/device_save_loader.py
@@ -52,12 +52,11 @@ def save_device(device: Device, savename: str, ignore: List[str] = []):
     Plan to save the setup of a device by getting a list of its signals and their
     readback values.
 
-    Store the output to `savename.yaml`.
+    Store the output to a yaml file ``savename.yaml``
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    device : Savable
-        Ophyd device which implements the `sort_signal_by_phase` method.
+    device : Device
 
     savename : str
         Name of the YAML file.
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ def save_device(device: Device, savename: str, ignore: List[str] = []):
     Yields
     ------
     msg : Msg
-        `locate`, `*signals`
+        ``locate``, ``*signals``
 
     See Also
     --------