diff --git a/pyresample/geometry.py b/pyresample/geometry.py
index e956f7187..fe37b2e2d 100644
--- a/pyresample/geometry.py
+++ b/pyresample/geometry.py
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ def lonlat2colrow(self, lons, lats):
     def get_xy_from_lonlat(self, lon, lat):
         """Retrieve closest x and y coordinates.
 
-        Retrieve x and y coordinates (column, row indices) for the
+        Retrieve the closest x and y coordinates (column, row indices) for the
         specified geolocation (lon,lat) if inside area. If lon,lat is a point a
         ValueError is raised if the return point is outside the area domain. If
         lon,lat is a tuple of sequences of longitudes and latitudes, a tuple of