diff --git a/Help/command/get_filename_component.rst b/Help/command/get_filename_component.rst
index 368d3bb6df..ea2dedb64c 100644
--- a/Help/command/get_filename_component.rst
+++ b/Help/command/get_filename_component.rst
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ Sets ``<var>`` to a component of ``<FileName>``, where ``<mode>`` is one of:
  DIRECTORY = Directory without file name
  NAME      = File name without directory
  EXT       = File name longest extension (.b.c from d/a.b.c)
- NAME_WE   = File name without directory or longest extension
+ NAME_WE   = File name with neither the directory nor the longest extension
  LAST_EXT  = File name last extension (.c from d/a.b.c)
- NAME_WLE  = File name without directory or last extension
+ NAME_WLE  = File name with neither the directory nor the last extension
  PATH      = Legacy alias for DIRECTORY (use for CMake <= 2.8.11)
 
 Paths are returned with forward slashes and have no trailing slashes.