diff --git a/code/modules/atmospherics/machinery/components/binary_devices/valve.dm b/code/modules/atmospherics/machinery/components/binary_devices/valve.dm
index f4aee81290e..bdc17dda13c 100644
--- a/code/modules/atmospherics/machinery/components/binary_devices/valve.dm
+++ b/code/modules/atmospherics/machinery/components/binary_devices/valve.dm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 /obj/machinery/atmospherics/binary/valve/examine(mob/user)
 	. = ..()
 	. += "It is currently [open ? "open" : "closed"]."
-	. += "<span class='notice'>Click this to turn the valve. If red, the pipes on each end are separated. Otherwise, they are connected.</span>"
+	. += "<span class='notice'>Click this to turn the valve. If perpendicular, the pipes on each end are separated. If parallel, they are connected.</span>"
 
 /obj/machinery/atmospherics/binary/valve/open
 	open = TRUE
diff --git a/code/modules/atmospherics/machinery/components/trinary_devices/tvalve.dm b/code/modules/atmospherics/machinery/components/trinary_devices/tvalve.dm
index 5406958439c..19698cec1f8 100644
--- a/code/modules/atmospherics/machinery/components/trinary_devices/tvalve.dm
+++ b/code/modules/atmospherics/machinery/components/trinary_devices/tvalve.dm
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 /obj/machinery/atmospherics/trinary/tvalve/examine(mob/user)
 	. = ..()
-	. += "<span class='notice'>Click this to toggle the mode. The direction with the green light is where the gas will flow.</span>"
+	. += "<span class='notice'>Click this to toggle the mode. The direction with the dot is where the gas will flow to. The gas flows from the opposite side or the one with the uninterrupted line.</span>"
 
 /obj/machinery/atmospherics/trinary/tvalve/bypass
 	icon_state = "map_tvalve1"
diff --git a/icons/atmos/tvalve.dmi b/icons/atmos/tvalve.dmi
index 94ffe712bff..e8eca6b4f36 100644
Binary files a/icons/atmos/tvalve.dmi and b/icons/atmos/tvalve.dmi differ
diff --git a/icons/atmos/valve.dmi b/icons/atmos/valve.dmi
index 0d3277aa57c..2d39ff9fc27 100644
Binary files a/icons/atmos/valve.dmi and b/icons/atmos/valve.dmi differ
diff --git a/icons/obj/pipe-item.dmi b/icons/obj/pipe-item.dmi
index 46371149c6a..ed73e0dd99a 100644
Binary files a/icons/obj/pipe-item.dmi and b/icons/obj/pipe-item.dmi differ