diff --git a/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap b/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap
index 0a760df50512..54d0db06e862 100644
--- a/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap
@@ -2938,7 +2938,7 @@ Map {
   "Modal" => Object {
     "defaultProps": Object {
       "hasScrollingContent": false,
-      "iconDescription": "close the modal",
+      "iconDescription": "Close",
       "modalHeading": "",
       "modalLabel": "",
       "onKeyDown": [Function],
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/ModalWrapper/__snapshots__/ModalWrapper-test.js.snap b/packages/react/src/components/ModalWrapper/__snapshots__/ModalWrapper-test.js.snap
index 97cc0dfa7e80..7f7921682be2 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/ModalWrapper/__snapshots__/ModalWrapper-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/ModalWrapper/__snapshots__/ModalWrapper-test.js.snap
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ exports[`ModalWrapper should render 1`] = `
     <Modal
       aria-label="test modal"
       hasScrollingContent={false}
-      iconDescription="close the modal"
+      iconDescription="Close"
       id="modal"
       modalHeading="Transactional Modal"
       modalLabel="Test Modal Label"
@@ -97,18 +97,18 @@ exports[`ModalWrapper should render 1`] = `
               Transactional Modal
             </h3>
             <button
-              aria-label="close the modal"
+              aria-label="Close"
               className="bx--modal-close"
               onClick={[Function]}
-              title="close the modal"
+              title="Close"
               type="button"
             >
               <ForwardRef(Close20)
-                aria-label="close the modal"
+                aria-label="Close"
                 className="bx--modal-close__icon"
               >
                 <Icon
-                  aria-label="close the modal"
+                  aria-label="Close"
                   className="bx--modal-close__icon"
                   height={20}
                   preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet"
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ exports[`ModalWrapper should render 1`] = `
                   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                 >
                   <svg
-                    aria-label="close the modal"
+                    aria-label="Close"
                     className="bx--modal-close__icon"
                     focusable="false"
                     height={20}