diff --git a/nalgebra-sparse/src/csc.rs b/nalgebra-sparse/src/csc.rs
index de4af43d6..34abc6fca 100644
--- a/nalgebra-sparse/src/csc.rs
+++ b/nalgebra-sparse/src/csc.rs
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ impl<T> CscMatrix<T> {
     #[inline]
     #[must_use]
     pub fn col(&self, index: usize) -> CscCol<'_, T> {
-        self.get_col(index).expect("Row index must be in bounds")
+        self.get_col(index).expect("Column index must be in bounds")
     }
 
     /// Mutable column access for the given column index.
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ impl<T> CscMatrix<T> {
     #[inline]
     pub fn col_mut(&mut self, index: usize) -> CscColMut<'_, T> {
         self.get_col_mut(index)
-            .expect("Row index must be in bounds")
+            .expect("Column index must be in bounds")
     }
 
     /// Return the column at the given column index, or `None` if out of bounds.
diff --git a/nalgebra-sparse/src/factorization/cholesky.rs b/nalgebra-sparse/src/factorization/cholesky.rs
index 18303a6cf..76f768a65 100644
--- a/nalgebra-sparse/src/factorization/cholesky.rs
+++ b/nalgebra-sparse/src/factorization/cholesky.rs
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ impl<T: RealField> CscCholesky<T> {
     ///
     /// # Panics
     ///
-    /// Panics if `B` is not square.
+    /// Panics if the number of rows of `B` differs from the dimension of the factorized matrix.
     #[must_use = "Did you mean to use solve_mut()?"]
     pub fn solve<'a>(&'a self, b: impl Into<DMatrixView<'a, T>>) -> DMatrix<T> {
         let b = b.into();
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ impl<T: RealField> CscCholesky<T> {
     ///
     /// # Panics
     ///
-    /// Panics if `b` is not square.
+    /// Panics if the number of rows of `B` differs from the dimension of the factorized matrix.
     pub fn solve_mut<'a>(&'a self, b: impl Into<DMatrixViewMut<'a, T>>) {
         let expect_msg = "If the Cholesky factorization succeeded,\
             then the triangular solve should never fail";