diff --git a/definitions/forcing_data/histsoc.yaml b/definitions/forcing_data/histsoc.yaml
index 57d8034c5..a48dd8883 100644
--- a/definitions/forcing_data/histsoc.yaml
+++ b/definitions/forcing_data/histsoc.yaml
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
 
 - specifier: histsoc_water_abstraction
   group: histsoc-forcing
-  title: Water abstraction
+  title: Non-irrigation water use (withdrawal and consumption)
   status: optional
   doi:
     ISIMIP3a: https://doi.org/10.48364/ISIMIP.228996
diff --git a/definitions/group.yaml b/definitions/group.yaml
index 5d9bb1fde..d4b627c46 100644
--- a/definitions/group.yaml
+++ b/definitions/group.yaml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
   identifier: soc_dataset
 
 - specifier: water_abstraction
-  title: Water abstraction
+  title: Non-irrigation water use
   mandatory: false
   identifier: soc_dataset