Improve phrasing of new moddependpaths descriptions.

Author: kelseymh

easybuild/framework/easyblock.py

@@ -1022,8 +1022,8 @@ def make_module_deppaths(self):
         deppaths = self.cfg['moddependpaths']
         if not deppaths:
             return ''
-        elif not isinstance(deppaths, (str, tuple, list)):
-            raise EasyBuildError("moddependpaths value %s (type: %s) is not a string or collection",
+        elif not isinstance(deppaths, (str, list, tuple)):
+            raise EasyBuildError("moddependpaths value %s (type: %s) is not a string, list or tuple",
                                  deppaths, type(deppaths))
 
         if isinstance(deppaths, str):

easybuild/framework/easyconfig/default.py

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     'multi_deps': [{}, "Dict of lists of dependency versions over which to iterate", DEPENDENCIES],
     'multi_deps_load_default': [True, "Load module for first version listed in multi_deps by default", DEPENDENCIES],
     'osdependencies': [[], "OS dependencies that should be present on the system", DEPENDENCIES],
-    'moddependpaths': [None, "Absolute path or paths that should be searched for dependencies", DEPENDENCIES],
+    'moddependpaths': [None, "Absolute path or paths to prepend to MODULEPATH before loading the module's dependencies", DEPENDENCIES],
 
     # LICENSE easyconfig parameters
     'group': [None, "Name of the user group for which the software should be available; "