diff --git a/journals/migrations/0054_auto_20190110_1204.py b/journals/migrations/0054_auto_20190110_1204.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9c08d3941b956f079d095abcb7252e39f9bb889b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/journals/migrations/0054_auto_20190110_1204.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.11.4 on 2019-01-10 11:04
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('journals', '0053_auto_20181118_1758'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='issue',
+            name='in_journal',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(blank=True, help_text='Assign either a Volume or Journal to the Issue', null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='issues', to='journals.Journal'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='issue',
+            name='in_volume',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(blank=True, help_text='Assign either a Volume or Journal to the Issue', null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='issues', to='journals.Volume'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/journals/models.py b/journals/models.py
index edb53ca787e2c910efa9e4f47ce9483fa5eec7e5..fbb51367660f13f788db42d04d34f17401ccad42 100644
--- a/journals/models.py
+++ b/journals/models.py
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ class Journal(models.Model):
 
 class Volume(models.Model):
     """
-    A Volume may be used as a subgroup of Publications related to a specific Issue object.
+    A Volume belongs to a specific Journal, and is a container for
+    either (multiple) Issue(s) or Publication(s).
     """
     in_journal = models.ForeignKey('journals.Journal', on_delete=models.CASCADE)
     number = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField()
@@ -255,14 +256,15 @@ class Volume(models.Model):
 
 class Issue(models.Model):
     """
-    An Issue may be used as a subgroup of Publications related to a specific Journal object.
+    An Issue is related to a specific Journal, either indirectly via a Volume
+    container, or directly. It is a container for multiple Publications.
     """
     in_journal = models.ForeignKey(
         'journals.Journal', on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True, blank=True,
-        help_text='Assign either an Volume or Journal to the Issue')
+        help_text='Assign either a Volume or Journal to the Issue')
     in_volume = models.ForeignKey(
         'journals.Volume', on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True, blank=True,
-        help_text='Assign either an Volume or Journal to the Issue')
+        help_text='Assign either a Volume or Journal to the Issue')
     number = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField()
     slug = models.SlugField()
     start_date = models.DateField(default=timezone.now)