diff --git a/include/zephyr/drivers/ipm.h b/include/zephyr/drivers/ipm.h
index fe300921fb3c5..02c881e2c12b5 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/drivers/ipm.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/drivers/ipm.h
@@ -126,9 +126,10 @@ __subsystem struct ipm_driver_api {
  * data read back.
  *
  * @param ipmdev Driver instance
- * @param wait If nonzero, busy-wait for remote to consume the message. The
- *	       message is considered consumed once the remote interrupt handler
- *	       finishes. If there is deferred processing on the remote side,
+ * @param wait If non-zero, busy-wait indefinitely for the remote to consume
+ *	       the message. The message is considered consumed
+ *	       once the remote interrupt handler finishes.
+ *	       If there is deferred processing on the remote side,
  *	       or you would like to queue outgoing messages and wait on an
  *	       event/semaphore, you can implement that in a high-level driver
  * @param id Message identifier. Values are constrained by