diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/createPropertyRule.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/createPropertyRule.ts
index 9ea67ec0b2..5662b27d48 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/createPropertyRule.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/createPropertyRule.ts
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ export const createPropertyRule = (propertyType: 'metadata' | 'spec') =>
     description: `Allow entities which have the specified ${propertyType} subfield.`,
     resourceType: RESOURCE_TYPE_CATALOG_ENTITY,
     schema: z.object({
-      key: z.string().describe(`The key of the ${propertyType} to match on`),
+      key: z
+        .string()
+        .describe(`Property within the entities ${propertyType} to match on`),
       value: z
         .string()
         .optional()
-        .describe(`Optional value of the ${propertyType} to match on`),
+        .describe(`Value of the given property to match on`),
     }),
     apply: (resource, { key, value }) => {
       const foundValue = get(resource[propertyType], key);
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasAnnotation.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasAnnotation.ts
index 28c99e39a1..0d80977c09 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasAnnotation.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasAnnotation.ts
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ export const hasAnnotation = createCatalogPermissionRule<{
     'Allow entities which are annotated with the specified annotation',
   resourceType: RESOURCE_TYPE_CATALOG_ENTITY,
   schema: z.object({
-    annotation: z.string().describe('The name of the annotation to match on'),
+    annotation: z.string().describe('Name of the annotation to match on'),
     value: z
       .string()
       .optional()
-      .describe('Optional value of the annotation to match on'),
+      .describe('Value of the annotation to match on'),
   }),
   apply: (resource, { annotation, value }) =>
     !!resource.metadata.annotations?.hasOwnProperty(annotation) &&
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasLabel.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasLabel.ts
index fbad7e42d0..6b7b9d9da0 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasLabel.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/hasLabel.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const hasLabel = createCatalogPermissionRule({
   description: 'Allow entities which have the specified label metadata.',
   resourceType: RESOURCE_TYPE_CATALOG_ENTITY,
   schema: z.object({
-    label: z.string().describe('Name of the label'),
+    label: z.string().describe('Name of the label to match one'),
   }),
   apply: (resource, { label }) =>
     !!resource.metadata.labels?.hasOwnProperty(label),
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/isEntityKind.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/isEntityKind.ts
index 8c16f4c5a1..d64b357d9f 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/isEntityKind.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/isEntityKind.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ export const isEntityKind = createCatalogPermissionRule({
   description: 'Allow entities with the specified kind',
   resourceType: RESOURCE_TYPE_CATALOG_ENTITY,
   schema: z.object({
-    kinds: z.array(z.string()),
+    kinds: z
+      .array(z.string())
+      .describe('List of kinds to match at least one of'),
   }),
   apply(resource, { kinds }) {
     const resourceKind = resource.kind.toLocaleLowerCase('en-US');
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/isEntityOwner.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/isEntityOwner.ts
index 27431f09a7..824e5e9ca6 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/isEntityOwner.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/permissions/rules/isEntityOwner.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ export const isEntityOwner = createCatalogPermissionRule({
   description: 'Allow entities owned by the current user',
   resourceType: RESOURCE_TYPE_CATALOG_ENTITY,
   schema: z.object({
-    claims: z.array(z.string()),
+    claims: z
+      .array(z.string())
+      .describe(
+        `List of claims to match at least one on within ${RELATION_OWNED_BY}`,
+      ),
   }),
   apply: (resource, { claims }) => {
     if (!resource.relations) {
diff --git a/plugins/permission-node/src/types.ts b/plugins/permission-node/src/types.ts
index 521c8ac3ad..e69c1f3d78 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-node/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-node/src/types.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export type PermissionRule<
     // with an optional zod type.
     [P in keyof TParams]-?: TParams[P] extends undefined
       ? z.ZodOptionalType<z.ZodType<TParams[P]>>
-      : z.ZodType<TParams[P], any, any>;
+      : z.ZodType<TParams[P]>;
   }>;
 
   /**
diff --git a/plugins/playlist-backend/src/permissions/rules.ts b/plugins/playlist-backend/src/permissions/rules.ts
index 897d2e19eb..79214b050d 100644
--- a/plugins/playlist-backend/src/permissions/rules.ts
+++ b/plugins/playlist-backend/src/permissions/rules.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const isOwner = createPlaylistPermissionRule<{
   description: 'Should allow only if the playlist belongs to the user',
   resourceType: PLAYLIST_LIST_RESOURCE_TYPE,
   schema: z.object({
-    owners: z.array(z.string().describe('List of owner entity refs')),
+    owners: z.array(z.string()).describe('List of owner entity refs'),
   }),
   apply: (list: PlaylistMetadata, { owners }) => owners.includes(list.owner),
   toQuery: ({ owners }) => ({