diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml b/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml
index 26d4890c2..05a812bbc 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ elasticsearch:
         phases:
           hot:
             min_age:
-              description: Minimum age
+              description: Minimum age of index. This determines when the index should be moved to the hot tier.
               global: True
               helpLink: elasticsearch.html
             actions:
               set_priority:
                 priority:
-                  description: Priority of index, used for recovery after a node restart. Indices with higher priorities are recovered before indices with lower priorities.
+                  description: Priority of index. This is used for recovery after a node restart. Indices with higher priorities are recovered before indices with lower priorities.
                   global: True
                   helpLink: elasticsearch.html
               rollover:
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ elasticsearch:
                   helpLink: elasticsearch.html
           cold:
             min_age:
-              description: Minimum age of index, determining when it should be sent to the cold tier.  While still searchable, this tier is typically optimized for lower storage costs rather than search speed.
+              description: Minimum age of index.  This determines when the index should be moved to the cold tier.  While still searchable, this tier is typically optimized for lower storage costs rather than search speed.
               global: True
               helpLink: elasticsearch.html
             actions:
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ elasticsearch:
                   helpLink: elasticsearch.html
           delete:
             min_age:
-              description: Minimum age of index, determining when it should be deleted.
+              description: Minimum age of index. This determines when the index should be deleted.
               global: True
               helpLink: elastic
     so-endgame: *indexSettings