diff --git a/doc/metadata.txt b/doc/metadata.txt
index 340a678415f4..0a537c2bc0c3 100644
--- a/doc/metadata.txt
+++ b/doc/metadata.txt
@@ -2166,7 +2166,7 @@ See {ref}`container-security` for more information.
 ```{config:option} security.protection.delete instance-security
 :defaultdesc: "`false`"
 :liveupdate: "yes"
-:shortdesc: "Prevents the instance from being deleted"
+:shortdesc: "Whether to prevent the instance from being deleted"
 :type: "bool"
 
 ```
diff --git a/lxd/metadata/configuration.json b/lxd/metadata/configuration.json
index 40d6e1bd6334..cea43cb3e96b 100644
--- a/lxd/metadata/configuration.json
+++ b/lxd/metadata/configuration.json
@@ -2453,7 +2453,7 @@
 							"defaultdesc": "`false`",
 							"liveupdate": "yes",
 							"longdesc": "",
-							"shortdesc": "Prevents the instance from being deleted",
+							"shortdesc": "Whether to prevent the instance from being deleted",
 							"type": "bool"
 						}
 					},