diff --git a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/README.md b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/README.md
index 920782c1369f..0ab7b85b1ebb 100644
--- a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/README.md
+++ b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/README.md
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ flowchart TD
     entrypoint[[For each selected connector]]
     subgraph static ["Static code analysis"]
       qa[Run QA checks]
-      sem["Check version follows semantic versionning"]
+      sem["Check version follows semantic versioning"]
       incr["Check version is incremented"]
       metadata_validation["Run metadata validation on metadata.yaml"]
       sem --> incr
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ flowchart TD
         build[Build connector docker image]
         unit[Run unit tests]
         integration[Run integration tests]
-        pyairbyte_validation[Run PyAirbyte validation tests]
+        pyairbyte_validation[Python CLI smoke tests via PyAirbyte]
         cat[Run connector acceptance tests]
         secret[Load connector configuration]
 
diff --git a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/test/steps/python_connectors.py b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/test/steps/python_connectors.py
index a800c7b33fc3..67dcf6dce571 100644
--- a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/test/steps/python_connectors.py
+++ b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/test/steps/python_connectors.py
@@ -195,9 +195,16 @@ def default_params(self) -> STEP_PARAMS:
 
 
 class PyAirbyteValidation(Step):
-    """A step to validate the connector will work with PyAirbyte, using the PyAirbyte validation helper."""
+    """Validate the connector can be installed and invoked via Python, using PyAirbyte.
 
-    title = "PyAirbyte validation tests"
+    When this fails, it generally signals that the connector is not installable or not
+    runnable in a Python environment. The most common reasons for this are:
+    1. Conflicting dependencies.
+    2. Missing dependency declarations.
+    3. Incorrect or invalid CLI entrypoints.
+    """
+
+    title = "Python CLI smoke test using PyAirbyte"
 
     context: ConnectorTestContext
 
@@ -209,7 +216,7 @@ async def _run(self, connector_under_test: Container) -> StepResult:
             StepResult: Failure or success of the unit tests with stdout and stdout.
         """
         if dpath.util.get(self.context.connector.metadata, "remoteRegistries/pypi/enabled", default=False) is False:
-            return self.skip("Connector is not published on pypi, skipping PyAirbyte validation.")
+            return self.skip("Connector is not flagged for PyPI publish, skipping Python CLI validation.")
 
         test_environment = await self.install_testing_environment(with_poetry(self.context))
         test_execution = test_environment.with_(