diff --git a/apps/openmw_test_suite/lua/test_utilpackage.cpp b/apps/openmw_test_suite/lua/test_utilpackage.cpp
index ead3cecc6f..21d2a344d4 100644
--- a/apps/openmw_test_suite/lua/test_utilpackage.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw_test_suite/lua/test_utilpackage.cpp
@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@ namespace
         EXPECT_EQ(getAsString(lua, "moveAndScale * v(300, 200, 100)"), "(156, 222, 68)");
         EXPECT_THAT(getAsString(lua, "moveAndScale"), AllOf(StartsWith("TransformM{ move(6, 22, 18) scale(0.5, 1, 0.5) "), EndsWith(" }")));
         EXPECT_EQ(getAsString(lua, "T.identity"), "TransformM{ }");
-        lua.safe_script("rx = T.rotateX(math.pi / 2)");
-        lua.safe_script("ry = T.rotateY(math.pi / 2)");
-        lua.safe_script("rz = T.rotateZ(math.pi / 2)");
+        lua.safe_script("rx = T.rotateX(-math.pi / 2)");
+        lua.safe_script("ry = T.rotateY(-math.pi / 2)");
+        lua.safe_script("rz = T.rotateZ(-math.pi / 2)");
         EXPECT_LT(get<float>(lua, "(rx * v(1, 2, 3) - v(1, -3, 2)):length()"), 1e-6);
         EXPECT_LT(get<float>(lua, "(ry * v(1, 2, 3) - v(3, 2, -1)):length()"), 1e-6);
         EXPECT_LT(get<float>(lua, "(rz * v(1, 2, 3) - v(-2, 1, 3)):length()"), 1e-6);
-        lua.safe_script("rot = T.rotate(math.pi / 2, v(-1, -1, 0)) * T.rotateZ(-math.pi / 4)");
+        lua.safe_script("rot = T.rotate(math.pi / 2, v(-1, -1, 0)) * T.rotateZ(math.pi / 4)");
         EXPECT_THAT(getAsString(lua, "rot"), HasSubstr("TransformQ"));
         EXPECT_LT(get<float>(lua, "(rot * v(1, 0, 0) - v(0, 0, 1)):length()"), 1e-6);
         EXPECT_LT(get<float>(lua, "(rot * rot:inverse() * v(1, 0, 0) - v(1, 0, 0)):length()"), 1e-6);
diff --git a/components/lua/utilpackage.cpp b/components/lua/utilpackage.cpp
index 17cb64461a..b68fc7afa4 100644
--- a/components/lua/utilpackage.cpp
+++ b/components/lua/utilpackage.cpp
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ namespace LuaUtil
             [](const Vec3& v) { return TransformM{osg::Matrixf::scale(v)}; },
             [](float x, float y, float z) { return TransformM{osg::Matrixf::scale(x, y, z)}; });
         transforms["rotate"] = [](float angle, const Vec3& axis) { return TransformQ{osg::Quat(angle, axis)}; };
-        transforms["rotateX"] = [](float angle) { return TransformQ{osg::Quat(angle, Vec3(1, 0, 0))}; };
-        transforms["rotateY"] = [](float angle) { return TransformQ{osg::Quat(angle, Vec3(0, 1, 0))}; };
-        transforms["rotateZ"] = [](float angle) { return TransformQ{osg::Quat(angle, Vec3(0, 0, 1))}; };
+        transforms["rotateX"] = [](float angle) { return TransformQ{osg::Quat(angle, Vec3(-1, 0, 0))}; };
+        transforms["rotateY"] = [](float angle) { return TransformQ{osg::Quat(angle, Vec3(0, -1, 0))}; };
+        transforms["rotateZ"] = [](float angle) { return TransformQ{osg::Quat(angle, Vec3(0, 0, -1))}; };
 
         transMType[sol::meta_function::multiplication] = sol::overload(
             [](const TransformM& a, const Vec3& b) { return a.mM.preMult(b); },
diff --git a/files/lua_api/openmw/util.lua b/files/lua_api/openmw/util.lua
index 84e640ff40..fdb140ad53 100644
--- a/files/lua_api/openmw/util.lua
+++ b/files/lua_api/openmw/util.lua
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 -- v:length()     -- 5.0    length
 -- v:length2()    -- 25.0   square of the length
 -- v:normalize()  -- vector2(3/5, 4/5)
--- v:rotate(radians)    -- rotate clockwise (returns rotated vector)
+-- v:rotate(radians)    -- rotate counterclockwise (returns rotated vector)
 -- v1:dot(v2)     -- dot product (returns a number)
 -- v1 * v2        -- dot product
 -- v1 + v2        -- vector addition
@@ -183,26 +183,26 @@
 
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Rotation (any axis).
+-- Rotation around a vector (counterclockwise if the vector points to us).
 -- @function [parent=#TRANSFORM] rotate
 -- @param #number angle
 -- @param #Vector3 axis.
 -- @return #Transform.
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- X-axis rotation.
+-- X-axis rotation (equivalent to `rotate(angle, vector3(-1, 0, 0))`).
 -- @function [parent=#TRANSFORM] rotateX
 -- @param #number angle
 -- @return #Transform.
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Y-axis rotation.
+-- Y-axis rotation (equivalent to `rotate(angle, vector3(0, -1, 0))`).
 -- @function [parent=#TRANSFORM] rotateY
 -- @param #number angle
 -- @return #Transform.
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Z-axis rotation.
+-- Z-axis rotation (equivalent to `rotate(angle, vector3(0, 0, -1))`).
 -- @function [parent=#TRANSFORM] rotateZ
 -- @param #number angle
 -- @return #Transform.