diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/cookiecutter.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/cookiecutter.ts
index 32c374f659..5de22d5467 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/cookiecutter.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/cookiecutter.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export function createFetchCookiecutterAction(options: {
   }>({
     id: 'fetch:cookiecutter',
     description:
-      "Downloads template from 'url' and templates with cookiecutter",
+      "Downloads a template from the given URL into the workspace, and runs cookiecutter on it.",
     schema: {
       input: {
         type: 'object',