diff --git a/monitor/ffmpeg.go b/monitor/ffmpeg.go
index a447901a..7d76d430 100644
--- a/monitor/ffmpeg.go
+++ b/monitor/ffmpeg.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func NewFFmpegCollector(f ffmpeg.FFmpeg) metric.Collector {
 		ffmpeg: f,
 	}
 
-	c.processDescr = metric.NewDesc("ffmpeg_process", "State of the ffmpeg process", []string{"state"})
+	c.processDescr = metric.NewDesc("ffmpeg_process", "Accumulated state changes of all ffmpeg processes", []string{"state"})
 
 	return c
 }
diff --git a/monitor/restream.go b/monitor/restream.go
index cfd069f4..c83e17ff 100644
--- a/monitor/restream.go
+++ b/monitor/restream.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func NewRestreamCollector(r restream.Restreamer) metric.Collector {
 	c.restreamProcessDescr = metric.NewDesc("restream_process", "Current process values by name", []string{"processid", "state", "order", "name"})
 	c.restreamProcessStatesDescr = metric.NewDesc("restream_process_states", "Current process state", []string{"processid", "state"})
 	c.restreamProcessIODescr = metric.NewDesc("restream_io", "Current process IO values by name", []string{"processid", "type", "id", "address", "index", "stream", "media", "name"})
-	c.restreamStatesDescr = metric.NewDesc("restream_state", "Summarized process states", []string{"state"})
+	c.restreamStatesDescr = metric.NewDesc("restream_state", "Summarized current process states", []string{"state"})
 
 	return c
 }