diff --git a/clearml/automation/job.py b/clearml/automation/job.py
index 35eb261a..c5d2a8d4 100644
--- a/clearml/automation/job.py
+++ b/clearml/automation/job.py
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ class BaseJob(object):
     def status(self, force=False):
         # type: (bool) -> str
         """
-        Return the Job Task current status, see Task.TaskStatusEnum
+        Return the Job Task current status. Options are: "created", "queued", "in_progress", "stopped", "published",
+        "publishing", "closed", "failed", "completed", "unknown".
 
         :param force: Force status update, otherwise, only refresh state every 1 sec
 
@@ -667,7 +668,8 @@ class LocalClearmlJob(ClearmlJob):
     def status(self, force=False):
         # type: (bool) -> str
         """
-        Return the Job Task current status, see Task.TaskStatusEnum
+        Return the Job Task current status. Options are: "created", "queued", "in_progress", "stopped", "published",
+        "publishing", "closed", "failed", "completed", "unknown".
 
         :param force: Force status update, otherwise, only refresh state every 1 sec
 
diff --git a/clearml/backend_interface/task/task.py b/clearml/backend_interface/task/task.py
index 75272995..bc2dd988 100644
--- a/clearml/backend_interface/task/task.py
+++ b/clearml/backend_interface/task/task.py
@@ -1534,8 +1534,24 @@ class Task(IdObjectBase, AccessMixin, SetupUploadMixin):
         """
         Set the task_type for the Task.
 
-        :param task_type: The task_type of the Task (see optional values in TaskTypes).
+        :param task_type: The task_type of the Task.
+
+            Valid task types:
+
+            - ``TaskTypes.training``
+            - ``TaskTypes.testing``
+            - ``TaskTypes.inference``
+            - ``TaskTypes.data_processing``
+            - ``TaskTypes.application``
+            - ``TaskTypes.monitor``
+            - ``TaskTypes.controller``
+            - ``TaskTypes.optimizer``
+            - ``TaskTypes.service``
+            - ``TaskTypes.qc``
+            - ``TaskTypes.custom``
+
         :type task_type: str or TaskTypes
+
         """
         if not isinstance(task_type, self.TaskTypes):
             task_type = self.TaskTypes(task_type)
diff --git a/clearml/task.py b/clearml/task.py
index 1f13c17f..9152fa07 100644
--- a/clearml/task.py
+++ b/clearml/task.py
@@ -858,7 +858,8 @@ class Task(_Task):
             `parent`: (str) filter by parent task-id matching
             `search_text`: (str) free text search (in task fields comment/name/id)
             `status`: List[str] List of valid statuses
-                (options are: "created", "queued", "in_progress", "stopped", "published", "completed")
+                (options are: "created", "queued", "in_progress", "stopped", "published", "publishing", "closed", "failed",
+                "completed", "unknown")
             `type`: List[str] List of valid task type
                 (options are: 'training', 'testing', 'inference', 'data_processing', 'application', 'monitor',
                 'controller', 'optimizer', 'service', 'qc'. 'custom')
@@ -917,7 +918,8 @@ class Task(_Task):
             `parent`: (str) filter by parent task-id matching
             `search_text`: (str) free text search (in task fields comment/name/id)
             `status`: List[str] List of valid statuses
-                (options are: "created", "queued", "in_progress", "stopped", "published", "completed")
+                (options are: "created", "queued", "in_progress", "stopped", "published", "publishing", "closed", "failed",
+                "completed", "unknown")
             `type`: List[str] List of valid task type
                 (options are: 'training', 'testing', 'inference', 'data_processing', 'application', 'monitor',
                 'controller', 'optimizer', 'service', 'qc'. 'custom')