diff --git a/sheets/functions/engineering.xml b/sheets/functions/engineering.xml
--- a/sheets/functions/engineering.xml
+++ b/sheets/functions/engineering.xml
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
            <Type>Int</Type>
        </Parameter>
        <Help>
-           <Text>The DEC2BIN() function returns the value formatted as a binary number.</Text>
+           <Text>The DEC2BIN() function returns a decimal value formatted as a binary number.</Text>
            <Syntax>DEC2BIN(value)</Syntax>
            <Example>DEC2BIN(12) returns "1100"</Example>
            <Example>DEC2BIN(55) returns "110111"</Example>
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
            <Type>Int</Type>
        </Parameter>
        <Help>
-           <Text>The DEC2HEX() function returns the value formatted as a hexadecimal number.</Text>
+           <Text>The DEC2HEX() function returns a decimal value formatted as a hexadecimal number.</Text>
            <Syntax>DEC2HEX(value)</Syntax>
            <Example>DEC2HEX(12) returns "c"</Example>
            <Example>DEC2HEX(55) returns "37"</Example>
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
            <Type>Int</Type>
        </Parameter>
        <Help>
-           <Text>The DEC2OCT() function returns the value formatted as an octal number.</Text>
+           <Text>The DEC2OCT() function returns a decimal value formatted as an octal number.</Text>
            <Syntax>DEC2OCT(value)</Syntax>
            <Example>DEC2OCT(12) returns "14"</Example>
            <Example>DEC2OCT(55) returns "67"</Example>
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
            <Type>Int</Type>
        </Parameter>
        <Help>
-           <Text>The OCT2BIN() function returns the value formatted as a binary number.</Text>
+           <Text>The OCT2BIN() function returns an octal value formatted as a binary number.</Text>
            <Syntax>OCT2BIN(value)</Syntax>
            <Example>OCT2BIN("12") returns "1010"</Example>
            <Example>OCT2BIN("55") returns "101101"</Example>
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
            <Type>String</Type>
        </Parameter>
        <Help>
-           <Text>The OCT2DEC() function returns the value formatted as a decimal number.</Text>
+           <Text>The OCT2DEC() function returns an octal value formatted as a decimal number.</Text>
            <Syntax>OCT2DEC(value)</Syntax>
            <Example>OCT2DEC("12") returns 10 </Example>
            <Example>OCT2DEC("55") returns 45 </Example>
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
            <Type>Int</Type>
        </Parameter>
        <Help>
-           <Text>The OCT2HEX() function returns the value formatted as a hexadecimal number.</Text>
+           <Text>The OCT2HEX() function returns an octal value formatted as a hexadecimal number.</Text>
            <Syntax>OCT2HEX(value)</Syntax>
            <Example>OCT2HEX("12") returns "A"</Example>
            <Example>OCT2HEX("55") returns "2D"</Example>
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
            <Type>Int</Type>
        </Parameter>
        <Help>
-           <Text>The BIN2DEC() function returns the value formatted as a decimal number.</Text>
+           <Text>The BIN2DEC() function returns a binary value formatted as a decimal number.</Text>
            <Syntax>BIN2DEC(value)</Syntax>
            <Example>BIN2DEC("1010") returns 10 </Example>
            <Example>BIN2DEC("11111") returns 31 </Example>
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
            <Type>Int</Type>
        </Parameter>
        <Help>
-           <Text>The BIN2OCT() function returns the value formatted as an octal number.</Text>
+           <Text>The BIN2OCT() function returns a binary value formatted as an octal number.</Text>
            <Syntax>BIN2OCT(value)</Syntax>
            <Example>BIN2OCT("1010") returns "12" </Example>
            <Example>BIN2OCT("11111") returns "37" </Example>
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
            <Type>Int</Type>
        </Parameter>
        <Help>
-           <Text>The BIN2HEX() function returns the value formatted as a hexadecimal number.</Text>
+           <Text>The BIN2HEX() function returns a binary value formatted as a hexadecimal number.</Text>
            <Syntax>BIN2HEX(value)</Syntax>
            <Example>BIN2HEX("1010") returns "a"</Example>
            <Example>BIN2HEX("11111") returns "1f"</Example>
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
            <Type>String</Type>
        </Parameter>
        <Help>
-           <Text>The HEX2DEC() function returns the value formatted as a decimal number.</Text>
+           <Text>The HEX2DEC() function returns a hexadecimal value formatted as a decimal number.</Text>
            <Syntax>HEX2DEC(value)</Syntax>
            <Example>HEX2DEC("a") returns 10 </Example>
            <Example>HEX2DEC("37") returns 55 </Example>
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
            <Type>String</Type>
        </Parameter>
        <Help>
-           <Text>The HEX2OCT() function returns the value formatted as an octal number.</Text>
+           <Text>The HEX2OCT() function returns a hexadecimal value formatted as an octal number.</Text>
            <Syntax>HEX2OCT(value)</Syntax>
            <Example>HEX2OCT("a") returns "12" </Example>
            <Example>HEX2OCT("37") returns "67" </Example>
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
            <Type>String</Type>
        </Parameter>
        <Help>
-           <Text>The HEX2BIN() function returns the value formatted as a binary number.</Text>
+           <Text>The HEX2BIN() function returns a hexadecimal value formatted as a binary number.</Text>
            <Syntax>HEX2BIN(value)</Syntax>
            <Example>HEX2BIN("a") returns "1010"</Example>
            <Example>HEX2BIN("37") returns "110111"</Example>