diff --git a/doc/source/classes/class_blackboard.rst b/doc/source/classes/class_blackboard.rst
index 5996304..05c4388 100644
--- a/doc/source/classes/class_blackboard.rst
+++ b/doc/source/classes/class_blackboard.rst
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Returns a Blackboard that serves as the parent scope for this instance.
 
 ``Variant`` **get_var**\ (\ var_name\: ``StringName``, default\: ``Variant`` = null, complain\: ``bool`` = true\ ) |const| :ref:`🔗<class_Blackboard_method_get_var>`
 
-Returns variable value or ``default`` if variable doesn't exist. If ``complain`` is ``true``, an error will be printed if variable doesn't exist.
+Returns variable value or ``default`` if variable doesn't exist. If ``complain`` is ``true``, an error will be printed if variable doesn't exist. If the variable doesn't exist in the current **Blackboard** scope, it will look in the parent scope **Blackboard** to find it.
 
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@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ Assigns the parent scope. If a value isn't in the current Blackboard scope, it w
 
 |void| **set_var**\ (\ var_name\: ``StringName``, value\: ``Variant``\ ) :ref:`🔗<class_Blackboard_method_set_var>`
 
-Assigns a value to a Blackboard variable.
+Assigns a value to a variable in the current Blackboard scope. If the variable doesn't exist, it will be created. If the variable already exists in the parent scope, the parent scope value will NOT be changed.
 
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diff --git a/doc_classes/Blackboard.xml b/doc_classes/Blackboard.xml
index 32a0720..3f8a9ad 100644
--- a/doc_classes/Blackboard.xml
+++ b/doc_classes/Blackboard.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 			<param index="1" name="default" type="Variant" default="null" />
 			<param index="2" name="complain" type="bool" default="true" />
 			<description>
-				Returns variable value or [param default] if variable doesn't exist. If [param complain] is [code]true[/code], an error will be printed if variable doesn't exist.
+				Returns variable value or [param default] if variable doesn't exist. If [param complain] is [code]true[/code], an error will be printed if variable doesn't exist. If the variable doesn't exist in the current [Blackboard] scope, it will look in the parent scope [Blackboard] to find it.
 			</description>
 		</method>
 		<method name="get_vars_as_dict" qualifiers="const">
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 			<param index="0" name="var_name" type="StringName" />
 			<param index="1" name="value" type="Variant" />
 			<description>
-				Assigns a value to a Blackboard variable.
+				Assigns a value to a variable in the current Blackboard scope. If the variable doesn't exist, it will be created. If the variable already exists in the parent scope, the parent scope value will NOT be changed.
 			</description>
 		</method>
 		<method name="top" qualifiers="const">