diff --git a/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/api/core/management/ActiveMQServerControl.java b/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/api/core/management/ActiveMQServerControl.java
index c7958350dd..90cd759c24 100644
--- a/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/api/core/management/ActiveMQServerControl.java
+++ b/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/api/core/management/ActiveMQServerControl.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public interface ActiveMQServerControl {
    String TOTAL_CONNECTION_COUNT_DESCRIPTION = "Number of clients which have connected to this server since it was started";
    String ADDRESS_MEMORY_USAGE_DESCRIPTION = "Memory used by all the addresses on broker for in-memory messages";
    String ADDRESS_MEMORY_USAGE_PERCENTAGE_DESCRIPTION = "Memory used by all the addresses on broker as a percentage of the global-max-size";
-   String DISK_STORE_USAGE_DESCRIPTION = "Memory used by the disk store";
+   String DISK_STORE_USAGE_DESCRIPTION = "Percentage of total disk store used";
 
    /**
     * Returns this server's version.
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/plugin/MetricsPluginTest.java b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/plugin/MetricsPluginTest.java
index 600145158d..4801dcbb8c 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/plugin/MetricsPluginTest.java
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/plugin/MetricsPluginTest.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public class MetricsPluginTest extends ActiveMQTestBase {
               new Metric("artemis.delivering.durable.persistent.size", "persistent size of durable messages that this queue is currently delivering to its consumers", 0.0),
               new Metric("artemis.delivering.message.count", "number of messages that this queue is currently delivering to its consumers", 0.0),
               new Metric("artemis.delivering.persistent_size", "persistent size of messages that this queue is currently delivering to its consumers", 0.0),
-              new Metric("artemis.disk.store.usage", "Memory used by the disk store", 0.0),
+              new Metric("artemis.disk.store.usage", "Percentage of total disk store used", 0.0),
               new Metric("artemis.durable.message.count", "number of durable messages currently in this queue (includes scheduled, paged, and in-delivery messages)", 0.0),
               new Metric("artemis.durable.persistent.size", "persistent size of durable messages currently in this queue (includes scheduled, paged, and in-delivery messages)", 0.0),
               new Metric("artemis.message.count", "number of messages currently in this queue (includes scheduled, paged, and in-delivery messages)", 0.0),