diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/app/gstappsink.c b/gst-libs/gst/app/gstappsink.c
index fbef08a8e7..421de21764 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/app/gstappsink.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/app/gstappsink.c
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 
 /**
  * SECTION:gstappsink
+ * @short_description: Easy way for applications to extract buffers from a
+ *     pipeline
  * @see_also: #GstBaseSink, appsrc
  *
  * Appsink is a sink plugin that supports many different methods for making
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/app/gstappsrc.c b/gst-libs/gst/app/gstappsrc.c
index 7efdf10a44..32a0596285 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/app/gstappsrc.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/app/gstappsrc.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 
 /**
  * SECTION:gstappsrc
+ * @short_description: Easy way for applications to inject buffers into a
+ *     pipeline
  * @see_also: #GstBaseSrc, appsink
  *
  * The appsrc element can be used by applications to insert data into a