diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/SimplifyTernary.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/SimplifyTernary.java
index a9871b867..934fbca70 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/SimplifyTernary.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/SimplifyTernary.java
@@ -19,11 +19,15 @@
 import com.google.errorprone.refaster.annotation.BeforeTemplate;
 import org.openrewrite.java.template.RecipeDescriptor;
 
+@RecipeDescriptor(
+        name = "Simplify ternary expressions",
+        description = "Simplifies various types of ternary expressions to improve code readability."
+)
 public class SimplifyTernary {
 
     @RecipeDescriptor(
-            name = "Simplify ternary expressions",
-            description = "Simplify `expr ? true : false` to `expr`."
+            name = "Replace `booleanExpression ? true : false` with `booleanExpression`",
+            description = "Replace ternary expressions like `booleanExpression ? true : false` with `booleanExpression`."
     )
     public static class SimplifyTernaryTrueFalse {
 
@@ -39,8 +43,8 @@ boolean after(boolean expr) {
     }
 
     @RecipeDescriptor(
-            name = "Simplify ternary expressions",
-            description = "Simplify `expr ? false : true` to `!expr`."
+            name = "Replace `booleanExpression ? false : true` with `!booleanExpression`",
+            description = "Replace ternary expressions like `booleanExpression ? false : true` with `!booleanExpression`."
     )
     public static class SimplifyTernaryFalseTrue {