diff --git a/framework/src/problems/FEProblemBase.C b/framework/src/problems/FEProblemBase.C
index c17669d50aac..d8fc606ff296 100644
--- a/framework/src/problems/FEProblemBase.C
+++ b/framework/src/problems/FEProblemBase.C
@@ -999,6 +999,18 @@ FEProblemBase::initialSetup()
       _convergences.initialSetup(tid);
   }
 
+  {
+    TIME_SECTION("initializingFunctions", 5, "Initializing Functions");
+
+    // Call the initialSetup methods for functions
+    for (THREAD_ID tid = 0; tid < n_threads; tid++)
+    {
+      reinitScalars(tid); // initialize scalars so they are properly sized for use as input into
+                          // ParsedFunctions
+      _functions.initialSetup(tid);
+    }
+  }
+
   // UserObject initialSetup
   std::set<std::string> depend_objects_ic = _ics.getDependObjects();
   std::set<std::string> depend_objects_aux = _aux->getDependObjects();
@@ -1027,18 +1039,6 @@ FEProblemBase::initialSetup()
   if (_requires_nonlocal_coupling)
     setVariableAllDoFMap(_uo_jacobian_moose_vars[0]);
 
-  {
-    TIME_SECTION("initializingFunctions", 5, "Initializing Functions");
-
-    // Call the initialSetup methods for functions
-    for (THREAD_ID tid = 0; tid < n_threads; tid++)
-    {
-      reinitScalars(tid); // initialize scalars so they are properly sized for use as input into
-                          // ParsedFunctions
-      _functions.initialSetup(tid);
-    }
-  }
-
   {
     TIME_SECTION("initializingRandomObjects", 5, "Initializing Random Objects");
 
diff --git a/framework/src/userobjects/SolutionUserObject.C b/framework/src/userobjects/SolutionUserObject.C
index c89cbd13d7c4..d28822c72ee6 100644
--- a/framework/src/userobjects/SolutionUserObject.C
+++ b/framework/src/userobjects/SolutionUserObject.C
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ SolutionUserObject::validParams()
       "Anticlockwise rotation angle (in degrees) to use for rotation about rotation1_vector.");
 
   params.addParam<FunctionName>(
-      "time_transformation", "t", "Transfrom between simulation time and solution time.");
+      "time_transformation",
+      "t",
+      "Transform from current simulation time to time at which to sample the solution.");
 
   // following lines build the default_transformation_order
   MultiMooseEnum default_transformation_order(