diff --git a/sklearn/mixture/gmm.py b/sklearn/mixture/gmm.py
index 0f584410468b8d5352aa11460fa631e07d90a895..1a46a903531cd05325b9918f922b27fe2543bf89 100644
--- a/sklearn/mixture/gmm.py
+++ b/sklearn/mixture/gmm.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class GMM(BaseEstimator):
     Attributes
     ----------
     `weights_` : array, shape (`n_components`,)
-        Mixing weights for each mixture component.
+        This attribute stores the mixing weights for each mixture component.
 
     `means_` : array, shape (`n_components`, `n_features`)
         Mean parameters for each mixture component.