diff --git a/plugins/ui/docs/components/meter.md b/plugins/ui/docs/components/meter.md
index 397fa9bec..8379da3d2 100644
--- a/plugins/ui/docs/components/meter.md
+++ b/plugins/ui/docs/components/meter.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Meter
 
-Meters visually represent a quantity or achievement, with their progress driven by user actions instead of system actions.
+Meters visually represent a quantity or achievement, displaying progress on a bar with a label.
 
 ## Example
 
diff --git a/plugins/ui/src/deephaven/ui/components/meter.py b/plugins/ui/src/deephaven/ui/components/meter.py
index 92eb7fac3..fb724d73e 100644
--- a/plugins/ui/src/deephaven/ui/components/meter.py
+++ b/plugins/ui/src/deephaven/ui/components/meter.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def meter(
     key: str | None = None,
 ) -> Element:
     """
-    Meters visually represent a quantity or achievement, with their progress driven by user actions instead of system actions.
+    Meters visually represent a quantity or achievement, displaying progress on a bar with a label.
 
     Args:
         variant: The visual style of the meter.