diff --git a/trove/vocab/trove.py b/trove/vocab/trove.py
index e188e85bb..8ddae3db3 100644
--- a/trove/vocab/trove.py
+++ b/trove/vocab/trove.py
@@ -656,17 +656,21 @@ def trove_browse_link(iri: str):
         RDFS.comment: {literal('how to order search results', language='en')},
         TROVE.jsonSchema: {literal_json({'type': 'string'})},
         DCTERMS.description: {_literal_markdown(f'''**sort** is
-a query param to control ordering of search results
+a query param to control ordering of search results based on values of a specific type at a specific path.
 
-accepts a short-hand iri for a date property:
+to sort by date values, use `sort` (or `sort[date-value]`) with a **property-path** that ends with
+one of the following supported date properties:
 {", ".join(f"`{osfmap_shorthand().compact_iri(_date_iri)}`" for _date_iri in DATE_PROPERTIES)}
 
-prefix with `-` to sort descending (latest first), otherwise sorts ascending (earliest first)
+to sort by integer values, use `sort[integer-value]` with a **property-path** to the integers of interest.
+
+by default, sorts "ascending" (beginning with earliest date or smallest integer) --
+prefix the value with `-` to sort "descending" (beginning with latest date or largest integer).
 
 if missing (or if `sort=-relevance`), results are sorted by some notion of
 relevance to the request's search-text or (if no search-text) by random.
 
-may not be used with `page[cursor]`
+may not be used with `page[cursor]`.
 ''', language='en')},
     },