diff --git a/contracts/InterchainTokenFactory.sol b/contracts/InterchainTokenFactory.sol
index 2c042e58..83d83cb2 100644
--- a/contracts/InterchainTokenFactory.sol
+++ b/contracts/InterchainTokenFactory.sol
@@ -120,8 +120,9 @@ contract InterchainTokenFactory is IInterchainTokenFactory, ITokenManagerType, M
      * @param name The name of the token.
      * @param symbol The symbol of the token.
      * @param decimals The number of decimals for the token.
-     * @param initialSupply The amount of tokens to mint initially (can be zero).
-     * @param minter The address to receive the initially minted tokens.
+     * @param initialSupply The amount of tokens to mint initially (can be zero), allocated to the msg.sender.
+     * @param minter The address to receive the minter and operator role of the token, in addition to ITS. If it is set to `address(0)`,
+     * the additional minter isn't set, and can't be added later. This allows creating tokens that are managed only by ITS, reducing trust assumptions.
      * @return tokenId The tokenId corresponding to the deployed InterchainToken.
      */
     function deployInterchainToken(
diff --git a/contracts/InterchainTokenService.sol b/contracts/InterchainTokenService.sol
index b997e98e..f96bc72a 100644
--- a/contracts/InterchainTokenService.sol
+++ b/contracts/InterchainTokenService.sol
@@ -313,8 +313,10 @@ contract InterchainTokenService is
     /**
      * @notice Used to deploy an interchain token alongside a TokenManager in another chain.
      * @dev At least the `gasValue` amount of native token must be passed to the function call. `gasValue` exists because this function can be
-     * part of a multicall involving multiple functions that could make remote contract calls. If the `minter` parameter is empty bytes then
-     * a mint/burn TokenManager is used, otherwise a lock/unlock TokenManager is used.
+     * part of a multicall involving multiple functions that could make remote contract calls.
+     * If minter is empty bytes, no additional minter is set on the token, only ITS is allowed to mint.
+     * If the token is being deployed on the current chain, minter should correspond to an EVM address (as bytes).
+     * Otherwise, an encoding appropriate to the destination chain should be used.
      * @param salt The salt to be used during deployment.
      * @param destinationChain The name of the destination chain to deploy to.
      * @param name The name of the token to be deployed.
diff --git a/contracts/interfaces/IInterchainTokenFactory.sol b/contracts/interfaces/IInterchainTokenFactory.sol
index c9751c05..ea07bbe2 100644
--- a/contracts/interfaces/IInterchainTokenFactory.sol
+++ b/contracts/interfaces/IInterchainTokenFactory.sol
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ interface IInterchainTokenFactory is IUpgradable, IMulticall {
      * @param name The name of the token.
      * @param symbol The symbol of the token.
      * @param decimals The number of decimals for the token.
-     * @param initialSupply The amount of tokens to mint initially (can be zero).
+     * @param initialSupply The amount of tokens to mint initially (can be zero), allocated to the msg.sender.
      * @param minter The address to receive the initially minted tokens.
      * @return tokenId The tokenId corresponding to the deployed InterchainToken.
      */
diff --git a/contracts/interfaces/ITokenManagerType.sol b/contracts/interfaces/ITokenManagerType.sol
index 552f6df7..ca545b5b 100644
--- a/contracts/interfaces/ITokenManagerType.sol
+++ b/contracts/interfaces/ITokenManagerType.sol
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ interface ITokenManagerType {
         LOCK_UNLOCK, // The token will be locked/unlocked at the token manager.
         LOCK_UNLOCK_FEE, // The token will be locked/unlocked at the token manager, which will account for any fee-on-transfer behaviour.
         MINT_BURN, // The token will be minted/burned on transfers. The token needs to give mint and burn permission to the token manager.
-        GATEWAY // The token will be sent throught the gateway via callContractWithToken
+        GATEWAY // The token will be sent through the gateway via callContractWithToken
     }
 }