diff --git a/rerun_py/rerun_sdk/rerun/log/points.py b/rerun_py/rerun_sdk/rerun/log/points.py
index 0c075b54a222..040c7c6ae928 100644
--- a/rerun_py/rerun_sdk/rerun/log/points.py
+++ b/rerun_py/rerun_sdk/rerun/log/points.py
@@ -44,13 +44,12 @@ def log_point(
     timeless: bool = False,
 ) -> None:
     """
-    Log a 2D or 3D point, with a positions and optional colors, radii, label, etc.
+    Log a 2D or 3D point, with a position and optional color, radii, label, etc.
 
     Logging again to the same `entity_path` will replace the previous point.
 
     Colors should either be in 0-255 gamma space or in 0-1 linear space.
-    Colors can be RGB or RGBA. You can supply no colors, one color,
-    or one color per point in a Nx3 or Nx4 numpy array.
+    Colors can be RGB or RGBA represented as a 2-element or 3-element sequence.
 
     Supported dtypes for `color`:
     -----------------------------
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ def log_point(
     entity_path:
         Path to the point in the space hierarchy.
     position:
-        2x1 or 3x1 array.
+        Any 2-element or 3-element array-like.
     radius:
         Optional radius (make it a sphere).
     color:
@@ -96,12 +95,12 @@ def log_point(
     splats: Dict[str, Any] = {}
 
     if position is not None:
-        if position.shape[0] == 2:
+        if position.size == 2:
             instanced["rerun.point2d"] = Point2DArray.from_numpy(position.reshape(1, 2))
-        elif position.shape[0] == 3:
+        elif position.size == 3:
             instanced["rerun.point3d"] = Point3DArray.from_numpy(position.reshape(1, 3))
         else:
-            raise TypeError("Positions should be either 1x2 or 1x3")
+            raise TypeError("Position must have a total size of 2 or 3")
 
     if color:
         colors = _normalize_colors([color])