diff --git a/wlauto/core/extension.py b/wlauto/core/extension.py
index 679b51cc..6611aa46 100644
--- a/wlauto/core/extension.py
+++ b/wlauto/core/extension.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class AttributeCollection(object):
                     if v is not None:
                         setattr(newp, a, v)
                 if not hasattr(newp, "_overridden"):
-                    newp._overridden = self.owner
+                    newp._overridden = self.owner  # pylint: disable=protected-access
                 self._attrs[p.name] = newp
             else:
                 # Duplicate attribute condition is check elsewhere.
diff --git a/wlauto/workloads/dhrystone/__init__.py b/wlauto/workloads/dhrystone/__init__.py
index 48ca0cac..e1ee9db7 100644
--- a/wlauto/workloads/dhrystone/__init__.py
+++ b/wlauto/workloads/dhrystone/__init__.py
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ class Dhrystone(Workload):
                   description=('The delay, in seconds, between kicking off of dhrystone '
                                'threads (if ``threads`` > 1).')),
         Parameter('taskset_mask', kind=int, default=0,
-                  description='The processes spawned by sysbench will be pinned to cores as specified by this parameter'),
+                  description='''
+                  The processes spawned by the workload will be pinned to cores 
+                  as specified by this parameter
+                  '''),
     ]
 
     def setup(self, context):