diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/observability_pipelines/metrics/buffer/processors.en.md b/layouts/shortcodes/observability_pipelines/metrics/buffer/processors.en.md
index aa5b81e0e0d..d13ad241663 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/observability_pipelines/metrics/buffer/processors.en.md
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/observability_pipelines/metrics/buffer/processors.en.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ These metrics are specific to processor buffers, located upstream of a processor
 - Use the `component_type` tag to filter or group by the processor type, such as `quota` for the Quota processor.
 
 `pipelines.transform_buffer_utilization`
-: **Description**: Event count in a processor's buffer.
+: **Description**: Histogram of how many events are buffered in a processor.
 : **Metric type**: histogram
 
 `pipelines.transform_buffer_utilization_level`