diff --git a/i3pystatus/pulseaudio/__init__.py b/i3pystatus/pulseaudio/__init__.py
index e3bf9b8..8307ad7 100644
--- a/i3pystatus/pulseaudio/__init__.py
+++ b/i3pystatus/pulseaudio/__init__.py
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ class PulseAudio(Module):
     """
     Shows volume of default PulseAudio sink (output).
 
-    Requires libpulseaudio from PyPI. Based on http://freshfoo.com/blog/pulseaudio_monitoring
+    Available formatters:
+    * `{volume}` — volume in percent (0...100)
+    * `{db}` — volume in decibels relative to 100 %, i.e. 100 % = 0 dB, 50 % = -18 dB, 0 % = -infinity dB
     """
 
     settings = (
-        ("format", "{volume} is the current volume"),
+        "format"
     )
 
     format = "♪: {volume}"
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ class PulseAudio(Module):
         if sink_info_p:
             sink_info = sink_info_p.contents
             volume_percent = int(100 * sink_info.volume.values[0]/0x10000)
-            volume_db = pa_sw_volume_to_dB(sink_info.volume.values[0])
+            volume_db = int(pa_sw_volume_to_dB(sink_info.volume.values[0]))
 
             self.output = {
                 "full_text": self.format.format(volume=volume_percent, db=volume_db),