diff --git a/src/tools/mongodb/read/count.ts b/src/tools/mongodb/read/count.ts
index bd86169b..5d97afa9 100644
--- a/src/tools/mongodb/read/count.ts
+++ b/src/tools/mongodb/read/count.ts
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ export const CountArgs = {
         .record(z.string(), z.unknown())
         .optional()
         .describe(
-            "The query filter to count documents. Matches the syntax of the filter argument of db.collection.count()"
+            "A filter/query parameter. Allows users to filter the documents to count. Matches the syntax of the filter argument of db.collection.count()."
         ),
 };
 
 export class CountTool extends MongoDBToolBase {
     protected name = "count";
-    protected description = "Gets the number of documents in a MongoDB collection";
+    protected description =
+        "Gets the number of documents in a MongoDB collection using db.collection.count() and query as an optional filter parameter";
     protected argsShape = {
         ...DbOperationArgs,
         ...CountArgs,
diff --git a/tests/integration/tools/mongodb/read/count.test.ts b/tests/integration/tools/mongodb/read/count.test.ts
index 5b288448..39b88607 100644
--- a/tests/integration/tools/mongodb/read/count.test.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/tools/mongodb/read/count.test.ts
@@ -8,16 +8,21 @@ import {
 } from "../../../helpers.js";
 
 describeWithMongoDB("count tool", (integration) => {
-    validateToolMetadata(integration, "count", "Gets the number of documents in a MongoDB collection", [
-        {
-            name: "query",
-            description:
-                "The query filter to count documents. Matches the syntax of the filter argument of db.collection.count()",
-            type: "object",
-            required: false,
-        },
-        ...databaseCollectionParameters,
-    ]);
+    validateToolMetadata(
+        integration,
+        "count",
+        "Gets the number of documents in a MongoDB collection using db.collection.count() and query as an optional filter parameter",
+        [
+            {
+                name: "query",
+                description:
+                    "A filter/query parameter. Allows users to filter the documents to count. Matches the syntax of the filter argument of db.collection.count().",
+                type: "object",
+                required: false,
+            },
+            ...databaseCollectionParameters,
+        ]
+    );
 
     validateThrowsForInvalidArguments(integration, "count", [
         {},