diff --git a/shared-bindings/qrio/QRDecoder.c b/shared-bindings/qrio/QRDecoder.c
index 5634481e9d..67fca8c3fb 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/qrio/QRDecoder.c
+++ b/shared-bindings/qrio/QRDecoder.c
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t qrio_qrdecoder_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_args
     return self;
 }
 
-//|     def decode(self, buffer: ReadableBuffer) -> List[QRInfo]:
-//|         """Decode zero or more QR codes from the given image in L8 format"""
+//|     def decode(self, buffer: ReadableBuffer, pixel_policy: PixelPolicy = PixelPolicy.EVERY_BYTE) -> List[QRInfo]:
+//|         """Decode zero or more QR codes from the given image"""
 //|
 STATIC mp_obj_t qrio_qrdecoder_decode(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *pos_args, mp_map_t *kw_args) {
     qrio_qrdecoder_obj_t *self = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(pos_args[0]);
diff --git a/shared-bindings/qrio/__init__.c b/shared-bindings/qrio/__init__.c
index 6dbbd926cf..719c73eb13 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/qrio/__init__.c
+++ b/shared-bindings/qrio/__init__.c
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@
 //|
 
 //| class PixelPolicy:
-//|     EVERY_BYTE: object
+//|     EVERY_BYTE: PixelPolicy
 //|     """The input buffer to `QRDecoder.decode` consists of greyscale values in every byte"""
 //|
-//|     EVEN_BYTES: object
-//|     """The input buffer to `QRDecoder.decode` consists of greyscale values in positions 0, 2, ..., and ignored bytes in positions 1, 3, ..."""
-
-//|     ODD_BYTES: object
-//|     """The input buffer to `QRDecoder.decode` consists of greyscale values in positions 1, 3, ..., and ignored bytes in positions 0, 2, ..."""
+//|     EVEN_BYTES: PixelPolicy
+//|     """The input buffer to `QRDecoder.decode` consists of greyscale values in positions 0, 2, …, and ignored bytes in positions 1, 3, ….  This can decode directly from YUV images where the even bytes hold the Y (luminance) data."""
+//|
+//|     ODD_BYTES: PixelPolicy
+//|     """The input buffer to `QRDecoder.decode` consists of greyscale values in positions 1, 3, …, and ignored bytes in positions 0, 2, ….  This can decode directly from YUV images where the odd bytes hold the Y (luminance) data"""
 //|
 
 MAKE_ENUM_VALUE(qrio_pixel_policy_type, qrio_pixel_policy, EVERY_BYTE, QRIO_EVERY_BYTE);