diff --git a/src/query.rs b/src/query.rs
index bafbba2..e14d599 100644
--- a/src/query.rs
+++ b/src/query.rs
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ impl Query {
     /// * `field_name` - Field name to be searched.
     /// * `text` - String representation of the query term.
     /// * `distance` - (Optional) Edit distance you are going to alow. When not specified, the default is 1.
-    /// * `transposition_cost_one` - (Optional) If true, a transposition cost will be 1; otherwise it will be 2. When not specified, the default is true.
-    /// * `prefix` - (Optional) If true, only prefix matched results are returned. When not specified, the default is false.
+    /// * `transposition_cost_one` - (Optional) If true, a transposition (swapping) cost will be 1; otherwise it will be 2. When not specified, the default is true.
+    /// * `prefix` - (Optional) If true, prefix levenshtein distance is applied. When not specified, the default is false.
     #[staticmethod]
     #[pyo3(signature = (schema, field_name, text, distance = 1, transposition_cost_one = true, prefix = false))]
     pub(crate) fn fuzzy_term_query(
diff --git a/tests/tantivy_test.py b/tests/tantivy_test.py
index 9338c8e..f8300d0 100644
--- a/tests/tantivy_test.py
+++ b/tests/tantivy_test.py
@@ -775,19 +775,29 @@ class TestQuery(object):
     def test_fuzzy_term_query(self, ram_index):
         index = ram_index
         query = Query.fuzzy_term_query(index.schema, "title", "ice")
-
         # the query "ice" should match "mice"
         result = index.searcher().search(query, 10)
         assert len(result.hits) == 1
         _, doc_address = result.hits[0]
         searched_doc = index.searcher().doc(doc_address)
         assert searched_doc["title"] == ["Of Mice and Men"]
-    
-    def test_fuzzy_term_query_prefix(self, ram_index):
-        index = ram_index
-        query = Query.fuzzy_term_query(index.schema, "title", "man", prefix=True)
 
-        # the query "man" should match both "man" and "men"
+        query = Query.fuzzy_term_query(index.schema, "title", "mna")
+        # the query "mna" should match "man" since the default transposition cost is 1.
+        result = index.searcher().search(query, 10)
+        assert len(result.hits) == 1
+        titles = set()
+        for _, doc_address in result.hits:
+            titles.update(index.searcher().doc(doc_address)["title"])
+        assert titles == {"The Old Man and the Sea"}
+
+        query = Query.fuzzy_term_query(index.schema, "title", "mna", transposition_cost_one=False)
+        # the query "mna" should not match any doc since the default distance is 1 and transposition cost is set to 2.
+        result = index.searcher().search(query, 10)
+        assert len(result.hits) == 0
+
+        query = Query.fuzzy_term_query(index.schema, "title", "mna", distance=2, transposition_cost_one=False)
+        # the query "mna" should match both "man" and "men" since distance is set to 2.
         result = index.searcher().search(query, 10)
         assert len(result.hits) == 2
         titles = set()
@@ -795,4 +805,18 @@ class TestQuery(object):
             titles.update(index.searcher().doc(doc_address)["title"])
         assert titles == {"The Old Man and the Sea", "Of Mice and Men"}
 
+        query = Query.fuzzy_term_query(index.schema, "title", "fraken")
+        # the query "fraken" should not match any doc.
+        result = index.searcher().search(query, 10)
+        assert len(result.hits) == 0
+
+        query = Query.fuzzy_term_query(index.schema, "title", "fraken", prefix=True)
+        # the query "fraken" should match "franken", the prefix of "frankenstein", with edit distance 1.
+        result = index.searcher().search(query, 10)
+        assert len(result.hits) == 1
+        titles = set()
+        for _, doc_address in result.hits:
+            titles.update(index.searcher().doc(doc_address)["title"])
+        assert titles == {"Frankenstein", "The Modern Prometheus"}
+