diff --git a/background.ts b/background.ts
index 5078685bf58..4ca509c58ec 100644
--- a/background.ts
+++ b/background.ts
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ Electron.app.whenReady().then(async() => {
 
     await dockerDirManager.ensureCredHelperConfigured();
 
-    // Path management strategy will need to be selected after an upgrade
+    // Path management strategy will need to be selected after an update
     if (!os.platform().startsWith('win') && cfg.application.pathManagementStrategy === PathManagementStrategy.NotSet) {
       if (!noModalDialogs) {
         await window.openPathUpdate();
diff --git a/pkg/rancher-desktop/components/UpdateStatus.vue b/pkg/rancher-desktop/components/UpdateStatus.vue
index 5ca2f2f811f..bbbdd7451e6 100644
--- a/pkg/rancher-desktop/components/UpdateStatus.vue
+++ b/pkg/rancher-desktop/components/UpdateStatus.vue
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <span v-else></span>
       </template>
     </card>
-    <card v-else-if="unsupportedUpgradeAvailable" :show-highlight-border="false">
+    <card v-else-if="unsupportedUpdateAvailable" :show-highlight-border="false">
       <template #title>
         <div class="type-title">
           <h3>Latest Version Not Supported</h3>
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ class UpdateStatus extends UpdateStatusProps {
     return this.applying ? 'Applying update...' : 'Restart Now';
   }
 
-  get unsupportedUpgradeAvailable() {
-    return !this.hasUpdate && this.updateState?.info?.unsupportedUpgradeAvailable;
+  get unsupportedUpdateAvailable() {
+    return !this.hasUpdate && this.updateState?.info?.unsupportedUpdateAvailable;
   }
 
   applyUpdate() {
diff --git a/pkg/rancher-desktop/components/__tests__/UpdateStatus.spec.ts b/pkg/rancher-desktop/components/__tests__/UpdateStatus.spec.ts
index ee573c1f047..3058b7b6342 100644
--- a/pkg/rancher-desktop/components/__tests__/UpdateStatus.spec.ts
+++ b/pkg/rancher-desktop/components/__tests__/UpdateStatus.spec.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ describe('UpdateStatus.vue', () => {
             sha512:                      '',
             releaseDate:                 '',
             nextUpdateTime:              12345,
-            unsupportedUpgradeAvailable: false,
+            unsupportedUpdateAvailable: false,
           },
           progress: {
             percent:        12.34,
diff --git a/pkg/rancher-desktop/main/update/LonghornProvider.ts b/pkg/rancher-desktop/main/update/LonghornProvider.ts
index e8ba6eb4122..4debddb5f90 100644
--- a/pkg/rancher-desktop/main/update/LonghornProvider.ts
+++ b/pkg/rancher-desktop/main/update/LonghornProvider.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const console = Logging.update;
 const gCachePath = path.join(paths.cache, 'updater-longhorn.json');
 
 /**
- * If the upgrade responder doesn't have a requestIntervalInMinutes field (or if
+ * If Upgrade Responder doesn't have a requestIntervalInMinutes field (or if
  * it's zero), use this value instead.  Note that the server can still set it to
  * be less than this value.
  */
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const defaultUpdateIntervalInMinutes = 60;
  */
 export interface LonghornProviderOptions extends CustomPublishOptions {
   /**
-   * upgradeServer is the URL for the upgrade-responder server
+   * upgradeServer is the URL for the Upgrade Responder server
    * @example "https://responder.example.com:8314/v1/checkupgrade"
    */
   readonly upgradeServer: string;
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@ export interface LonghornUpdateInfo extends UpdateInfo {
    * Whether there is an unsupported version of Rancher Desktop that is
    * newer than the latest supported version.
    */
-  unsupportedUpgradeAvailable: boolean;
+  unsupportedUpdateAvailable: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
- * LonghornUpgraderResponse describes the response from the Longhorn upgrade
- * responder service.
+ * LonghornUpgraderResponse describes the response from the Longhorn Upgrade
+ * Responder service.
  */
 interface LonghornUpgraderResponse {
   versions: UpgradeResponderVersion[];
   /**
-   * The number of minutes before the next upgrade check should be performed.
+   * The number of minutes before the next update check should be performed.
    */
   requestIntervalInMinutes: number;
 }
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ type UpgradeResponderVersion = {
 type UpgradeResponderQueryResult = {
   latest: UpgradeResponderVersion;
   requestIntervalInMinutes: number,
-  unsupportedUpgradeAvailable: boolean,
+  unsupportedUpdateAvailable: boolean,
 };
 
 export interface GithubReleaseAsset {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ interface LonghornCache {
    * Whether there is an unsupported version of Rancher Desktop that is
    * newer than the latest supported version.
    */
-  unsupportedUpgradeAvailable: boolean;
+  unsupportedUpdateAvailable: boolean;
   /** Whether the recorded release is an installable update */
   isInstallable: boolean;
   release: {
@@ -252,21 +252,21 @@ export async function queryUpgradeResponder(url: string, currentVersion: semver.
   // If we are using anything on `github.io` as the update server, we're
   // trying to run a simplified test.  In that case, break the protocol and do
   // a HTTP GET instead of the HTTP POST with data we should do for actual
-  // longhorn upgrade-responder servers.
+  // Longhorn Upgrade Responder servers.
   const requestOptions = /^https?:\/\/[^/]+\.github\.io\//.test(url) ? { method: 'GET' } : {
     method: 'POST',
     body:   JSON.stringify(requestPayload),
   };
 
-  console.debug(`Checking for upgrades from ${ url }`);
+  console.debug(`Checking ${ url } for updates`);
   const responseRaw = await fetch(url, requestOptions);
   const response = await responseRaw.json() as LonghornUpgraderResponse;
 
-  console.debug(`Upgrade server response:`, util.inspect(response, true, null));
+  console.debug(`Upgrade Responder response:`, util.inspect(response, true, null));
 
   const allVersions = response.versions;
 
-  // If the upgrade responder does not send the Supported field,
+  // If Upgrade Responder does not send the Supported field,
   // assume that the version is supported.
   for (const version of allVersions) {
     version.Supported ??= true;
@@ -279,21 +279,21 @@ export async function queryUpgradeResponder(url: string, currentVersion: semver.
     throw newError('Could not find latest version', 'ERR_UPDATER_LATEST_VERSION_NOT_FOUND');
   }
   const latest = supportedVersions[0];
-  const unsupportedUpgradeAvailable = allVersions[0].Name !== latest.Name;
+  const unsupportedUpdateAvailable = allVersions[0].Name !== latest.Name;
 
   return {
     latest,
     requestIntervalInMinutes: response.requestIntervalInMinutes,
-    unsupportedUpgradeAvailable,
+    unsupportedUpdateAvailable,
   };
 }
 
 /**
  * LonghornProvider is a Provider that interacts with Longhorn's
  * [Upgrade Responder](https://github.com/longhorn/upgrade-responder) server to
- * locate upgrade versions.  It assumes that the versions are actually published
- * as GitHub releases.  It also assumes that all versions have assets for all
- * platforms (that is, it doesn't filter by platform on checking).
+ * determine which versions are available. It assumes that the versions are
+ * published as GitHub releases. It also assumes that all versions have assets
+ * for all platforms (that is, it doesn't filter by platform on checking).
  *
  * Note that we do internal caching to avoid issues with being double-counted in
  * the stats.
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ export default class LonghornProvider extends Provider<LonghornUpdateInfo> {
     }
 
     const queryResult = await queryUpgradeResponder(this.configuration.upgradeServer, this.updater.currentVersion);
-    const { latest, unsupportedUpgradeAvailable } = queryResult;
+    const { latest, unsupportedUpdateAvailable } = queryResult;
     const requestIntervalInMinutes = queryResult.requestIntervalInMinutes || defaultUpdateIntervalInMinutes;
     const requestIntervalInMs = requestIntervalInMinutes * 1000 * 60;
     const nextRequestTime = Date.now() + requestIntervalInMs;
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ export default class LonghornProvider extends Provider<LonghornUpdateInfo> {
 
     const cache: LonghornCache = {
       nextUpdateTime: nextRequestTime,
-      unsupportedUpgradeAvailable,
+      unsupportedUpdateAvailable,
       isInstallable:  false, // Always false, we'll update this later.
       release:        {
         tag,
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ export default class LonghornProvider extends Provider<LonghornUpdateInfo> {
       releaseNotes:                cache.release.notes,
       releaseDate:                 cache.release.date,
       nextUpdateTime:              cache.nextUpdateTime,
-      unsupportedUpgradeAvailable: cache.unsupportedUpgradeAvailable,
+      unsupportedUpdateAvailable: cache.unsupportedUpdateAvailable,
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/pkg/rancher-desktop/main/update/__tests__/LonghornProvider.spec.ts b/pkg/rancher-desktop/main/update/__tests__/LonghornProvider.spec.ts
index 027f93c9cd2..7ab7d5d28ec 100644
--- a/pkg/rancher-desktop/main/update/__tests__/LonghornProvider.spec.ts
+++ b/pkg/rancher-desktop/main/update/__tests__/LonghornProvider.spec.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe('queryUpgradeResponder', () => {
     expect(result.latest.Name).toEqual('v3.2.1');
   });
 
-  it('should set unsupportedUpgradeAvailable to true when a newer-than-latest version is unsupported', async() => {
+  it('should set unsupportedUpdateAvailable to true when a newer-than-latest version is unsupported', async() => {
     (fetch as jest.Mock).mockReturnValueOnce({
       json: () => Promise.resolve({
         requestIntervalInMinutes: 100,
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ describe('queryUpgradeResponder', () => {
     });
     const result = await queryUpgradeResponder('testurl', new semver.SemVer('v1.2.3'));
 
-    expect(result.unsupportedUpgradeAvailable).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.unsupportedUpdateAvailable).toBe(true);
     expect(result.latest.Name).toEqual('v2.1.3');
   });
 
-  it('should set unsupportedUpgradeAvailable to false when no newer-than-latest versions are unsupported', async() => {
+  it('should set unsupportedUpdateAvailable to false when no newer-than-latest versions are unsupported', async() => {
     (fetch as jest.Mock).mockReturnValueOnce({
       json: () => Promise.resolve({
         requestIntervalInMinutes: 100,
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe('queryUpgradeResponder', () => {
     });
     const result = await queryUpgradeResponder('testurl', new semver.SemVer('v1.2.3'));
 
-    expect(result.unsupportedUpgradeAvailable).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.unsupportedUpdateAvailable).toBe(false);
     expect(result.latest.Name).toEqual('v3.2.1');
   });
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ describe('queryUpgradeResponder', () => {
     });
     const result = await queryUpgradeResponder('testurl', new semver.SemVer('v1.2.3'));
 
-    expect(result.unsupportedUpgradeAvailable).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.unsupportedUpdateAvailable).toBe(false);
     expect(result.latest.Name).toEqual('v3.2.1');
   });
 });