diff --git a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/athena.py b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/athena.py
index a7fb9472906bc..3120108c6b876 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/athena.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/athena.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class AWSAthenaHook(AwsBaseHook):
     .. seealso::
         :class:`~airflow.providers.amazon.aws.hooks.base_aws.AwsBaseHook`
 
-    :param sleep_time: Time to wait between two consecutive call to check query status on athena
+    :param sleep_time: Time (in seconds) to wait between two consecutive calls to check query status on Athena
     :type sleep_time: int
     """
 
diff --git a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/athena.py b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/athena.py
index 2039fe3015585..453dd3bec0886 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/athena.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/athena.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class AWSAthenaOperator(BaseOperator):
     :type query_execution_context: dict
     :param result_configuration: Dict with path to store results in and config related to encryption
     :type result_configuration: dict
-    :param sleep_time: Time to wait between two consecutive call to check query status on athena
+    :param sleep_time: Time (in seconds) to wait between two consecutive calls to check query status on Athena
     :type sleep_time: int
     :param max_tries: Number of times to poll for query state before function exits
     :type max_tries: int