diff --git a/appapi.yaml b/appapi.yaml
index b1061e8232697ccc7afb9dcd7b496cb0400bbab8..d4ef4363ca57ea5666f9d2d1e7815aef9028e221 100755
--- a/appapi.yaml
+++ b/appapi.yaml
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ paths:
     get:
       summary: Search for users by their username.
       description: >-
-        Returns an array of objects representing the app users,
+        Returns an array of objects representing the verified app users,
         whose usernames start with the search term.
-        Caseing is ignored.
+        Casing is ignored.
         The user objects are stripped down to what is necessary
         to know as an app user.
       parameters:
diff --git a/endpoint/user/query.go b/endpoint/user/query.go
index 6e2f10b00163aaa5ba82c1bc6e55bdaad620be53..6ab6e8b8dd5d73d06320f28b1b867ac44af89ceb 100755
--- a/endpoint/user/query.go
+++ b/endpoint/user/query.go
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ func (MySQLUserQuery) SelectByUsername(username string) ([]schemas.InfoUserSchem
 	return user, nil
 }
 
-// SelectByUsernameLike fetches and returns a list of userdata of all users with matching usernames
+// SelectByUsernameLike fetches and returns a list of userdata of all verified users with matching usernames
 func (MySQLUserQuery) SelectByUsernameLike(username string) ([]schemas.InfoUserSchema, error) {
 	db, connectionError := dbhandler.GetDBConnection()
 	if connectionError != nil {