diff --git a/hpvm/docs/developerdocs/backend-passes.rst b/hpvm/docs/developerdocs/backend-passes.rst
index ea740656b18cabe0632538494d8446ca0e9f834d..7cfff37e6f3c15dae8ba3bb37227af53c842eaf1 100644
--- a/hpvm/docs/developerdocs/backend-passes.rst
+++ b/hpvm/docs/developerdocs/backend-passes.rst
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ Consider the following leaf node function which performs a tensor convolution:
   }
 
 
-3. The rest of the pass can be viewed as a dictionary mapping from ApproxHPVM intrinsics representing tensor operations such as convolutions to their corresponding CuDNN functions.
+3. The rest of the pass can be viewed as a dictionary mapping from HPVM intrinsics representing tensor operations such as convolutions to their corresponding CuDNN functions.
 
 .. code-block:: c
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ codeGen(DFLeafNode* )
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 While the pass is generic, we only support `TENSOR_TARGET` (this hint implies HPVM nodes with tensor operations) nodes for fusion. 
-Additionally each leaf node is first identified as being a valid HPVM tensor node (i.e. contains ApproxHPVM intrinsics as the first intrinsic). 
+Additionally each leaf node is first identified as being a valid HPVM tensor node (i.e. contains HPVM intrinsics as the first intrinsic). 
 
 Consider the following consecutive leaf nodes: