diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive/components/settings-selector.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive/components/settings-selector.ts
index 2cd6bcae8..032036219 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive/components/settings-selector.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive/components/settings-selector.ts
@@ -274,9 +274,8 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
 			},
 			{
 				id: "install-telemetry",
-				label: "Crash reporting and analytics",
-				description:
-					"Allow anonymous diagnostics, including version/update analytics and crash reports when available",
+				label: "Install telemetry",
+				description: "Send an anonymous version/update ping after changelog-detected updates",
 				currentValue: config.enableInstallTelemetry ? "true" : "false",
 				values: ["true", "false"],
 			},