diff --git a/tests/recipes/wrangles/test_extract.py b/tests/recipes/wrangles/test_extract.py
index 9b0d4ea8..cfd46a9a 100644
--- a/tests/recipes/wrangles/test_extract.py
+++ b/tests/recipes/wrangles/test_extract.py
@@ -1058,7 +1058,10 @@ def test_extract_codes_wrong_params_sort(self):
         )
         assert (
             info.typename == 'ValueError' and
-            'ERROR IN WRANGLE extract.codes - at line 3 - Status Code: 400 - Bad Request. {"message": "Invalid parameter sort_order. Expected longest or shortest."} \n' in info.value.args[0]
+            (
+                'ERROR IN WRANGLE extract.codes - at line 3 - Status Code: 400 - Bad Request. {"message": "Invalid parameter sort_order. Expected input, longest, or shortest."} \n' in info.value.args[0]
+                or 'ERROR IN WRANGLE extract.codes - at line 3 - Status Code: 400 - Bad Request. {"message": "Invalid parameter sort_order. Expected longest or shortest."} \n' in info.value.args[0]
+            )
         )
 
         
diff --git a/wrangles/extract.py b/wrangles/extract.py
index bfe559c4..1f5c2717 100644
--- a/wrangles/extract.py
+++ b/wrangles/extract.py
@@ -427,6 +427,20 @@ def codes(
 
     e.g. 'Something ABC123ZZ something' -> 'ABC123ZZ'
 
+    :param input: A string or list of strings to search for codes.
+    :param first_element: Get the first element from results.
+    :param min_length: Minimum length of allowed results.
+    :param max_length: Maximum length of allowed results.
+    :param strategy: How aggressive to be at removing false positives such as
+        measurements. One of 'lenient', 'balanced' or 'strict'. Default is
+        'balanced'. Default minimum lengths are 3 for lenient, 4 for balanced,
+        and 5 for strict unless min_length is provided.
+    :param sort_order: Default is input order. Also allows 'longest' or 'shortest'.
+    :param disallowed_patterns: A pattern or JSON array of regex patterns to not include in the found codes.
+    :param include_multi_part_tokens: Whether to include multi-part tokens that have a space. Default True.
+    :param extract_raw: Whether to return tokens with their adjacent non-whitespace characters
+        included, rather than the cleaned token. Default False.
+    :return: A list of codes found.
     """
     if isinstance(input, str): 
         json_data = [input]
diff --git a/wrangles/recipe_wrangles/extract.py b/wrangles/recipe_wrangles/extract.py
index 60f63c92..62b2712f 100644
--- a/wrangles/recipe_wrangles/extract.py
+++ b/wrangles/recipe_wrangles/extract.py
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ def codes(
         description: Maximum length of allowed results
       strategy:
         type: string
-        description: How aggressive to be at removing false positives such as measurements.
+        description: How aggressive to be at removing false positives such as measurements. Default is balanced. Default minimum lengths are 3 for lenient, 4 for balanced, and 5 for strict unless min_length is provided.
         enum:
           - lenient
           - balanced
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ def codes(
         description: Whether to include multi-part tokens that have a space. Default True.
       extract_raw:
         type: boolean
-        description: Whether to return tokens with their adjacent non-whitespace characters. Default False.
+        description: Whether to return tokens with their adjacent non-whitespace characters included, rather than the cleaned token. Default False.
     """
     # If output is not specified, overwrite input columns in place
     if output is None: output = input