diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/selfassessment/display.coffee b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/selfassessment/display.coffee
index b1a10ef411..e81dc26741 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/selfassessment/display.coffee
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/selfassessment/display.coffee
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ $(document).on('click', 'section.sa-wrapper input#show', ( ->
 ));
 
 $(document).on('click', 'section.sa-wrapper input#save', ( ->
-  assessment_correct=$('section.sa-wrapper #assessment').find(':selected').text()
+  assessment=$('section.sa-wrapper #assessment').find(':selected').text()
   post_url=$('section.sa-wrapper input#save').attr('url')
   final_url="#{post_url}/sa_save"
-  $.post final_url, assessment_correct, (response) ->
+  $.post final_url, assessment, (response) ->
     if response.success
       $('section.sa-wrapper p#save_message').append(response.message)
       $('section.sa-wrapper input#save').remove()
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/self_assessment_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/self_assessment_module.py
index 003d3bf36f..fdef2df54a 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/self_assessment_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/self_assessment_module.py
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ class SelfAssessmentModule(XModule):
 
 class SelfAssessmentDescriptor(XmlDescriptor, EditingDescriptor):
     """
-    Module for putting raw html in a course
+    Module for adding self assessment questions to courses
     """
     mako_template = "widgets/html-edit.html"
     module_class = SelfAssessmentModule