diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/Implementation/HttpInMetricsListener.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/Implementation/HttpInMetricsListener.cs
index 43607fb9d7e..52699a12a4b 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/Implementation/HttpInMetricsListener.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/Implementation/HttpInMetricsListener.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ internal HttpInMetricsListener(string name, Meter meter, AspNetCoreMetricsInstru
         {
             this.meter = meter;
             this.options = options;
-            this.httpServerDuration = meter.CreateHistogram<double>(HttpServerDurationMetricName, "ms", "measures the duration of the inbound HTTP request");
+            this.httpServerDuration = meter.CreateHistogram<double>(HttpServerDurationMetricName, "ms", "Measures the duration of inbound HTTP requests.");
         }
 
         public override void OnEventWritten(string name, object payload)
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http/Implementation/HttpHandlerMetricsDiagnosticListener.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http/Implementation/HttpHandlerMetricsDiagnosticListener.cs
index 79cb2c86153..124e4351d04 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http/Implementation/HttpHandlerMetricsDiagnosticListener.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http/Implementation/HttpHandlerMetricsDiagnosticListener.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ internal sealed class HttpHandlerMetricsDiagnosticListener : ListenerHandler
         public HttpHandlerMetricsDiagnosticListener(string name, Meter meter)
             : base(name)
         {
-            this.httpClientDuration = meter.CreateHistogram<double>("http.client.duration", "ms", "measures the duration of the outbound HTTP request");
+            this.httpClientDuration = meter.CreateHistogram<double>("http.client.duration", "ms", "Measures the duration of outbound HTTP requests.");
         }
 
         public override void OnEventWritten(string name, object payload)