diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/services/config_schema/ransomware.py b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/services/config_schema/ransomware.py
index c30c1a3926f..116a6ca704a 100644
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/services/config_schema/ransomware.py
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/services/config_schema/ransomware.py
@@ -21,16 +21,16 @@
                             "title": "Linux target directory",
                             "type": "string",
                             "default": "",
-                            "description": "A path to a directory on Linux systems that can be "
-                            "used to safely simulate the encryption behavior of ransomware. If no "
+                            "description": "A path to a directory on Linux systems that contains "
+                            "files that you will allow Infection Monkey to encrypt. If no "
                             "directory is specified, no files will be encrypted.",
                         },
                         "windows_target_dir": {
                             "title": "Windows target directory",
                             "type": "string",
                             "default": "",
-                            "description": "A path to a directory on Windows systems that can be "
-                            "used to safely simulate the encryption behavior of ransomware. If no "
+                            "description": "A path to a directory on Windows systems that contains "
+                            "files that you will allow Infection Monkey to encrypt. If no "
                             "directory is specified, no files will be encrypted.",
                         },
                     },