diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/powerpc/power9/metrics.json b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/powerpc/power9/metrics.json
index f371104dcbe3..80816d6402e9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/powerpc/power9/metrics.json
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/powerpc/power9/metrics.json
@@ -208,19 +208,19 @@
         "MetricName": "fxu_stall_cpi"
     },
     {
-        "BriefDescription": "Ict empty for this thread due to branch mispred",
+        "BriefDescription": "Instruction Completion Table empty for this thread due to branch mispred",
         "MetricExpr": "PM_ICT_NOSLOT_BR_MPRED/PM_RUN_INST_CMPL",
         "MetricGroup": "cpi_breakdown",
         "MetricName": "ict_noslot_br_mpred_cpi"
     },
     {
-        "BriefDescription": "Ict empty for this thread due to Icache Miss and branch mispred",
+        "BriefDescription": "Instruction Completion Table empty for this thread due to Icache Miss and branch mispred",
         "MetricExpr": "PM_ICT_NOSLOT_BR_MPRED_ICMISS/PM_RUN_INST_CMPL",
         "MetricGroup": "cpi_breakdown",
         "MetricName": "ict_noslot_br_mpred_icmiss_cpi"
     },
     {
-        "BriefDescription": "ICT other stalls",
+        "BriefDescription": "Instruction Completion Table other stalls",
         "MetricExpr": "(PM_ICT_NOSLOT_CYC - PM_ICT_NOSLOT_IC_MISS - PM_ICT_NOSLOT_BR_MPRED_ICMISS - PM_ICT_NOSLOT_BR_MPRED - PM_ICT_NOSLOT_DISP_HELD)/PM_RUN_INST_CMPL",
         "MetricGroup": "cpi_breakdown",
         "MetricName": "ict_noslot_cyc_other_cpi"
@@ -232,13 +232,13 @@
         "MetricName": "ict_noslot_disp_held_cpi"
     },
     {
-        "BriefDescription": "Ict empty for this thread due to dispatch holds because the History Buffer was full. Could be GPR/VSR/VMR/FPR/CR/XVF",
+        "BriefDescription": "Instruction Completion Table empty for this thread due to dispatch holds because the History Buffer was full. Could be GPR/VSR/VMR/FPR/CR/XVF",
         "MetricExpr": "PM_ICT_NOSLOT_DISP_HELD_HB_FULL/PM_RUN_INST_CMPL",
         "MetricGroup": "cpi_breakdown",
         "MetricName": "ict_noslot_disp_held_hb_full_cpi"
     },
     {
-        "BriefDescription": "Ict empty for this thread due to dispatch hold on this thread due to Issue q full, BRQ full, XVCF Full, Count cache, Link, Tar full",
+        "BriefDescription": "Instruction Completion Table empty for this thread due to dispatch hold on this thread due to Issue q full, BRQ full, XVCF Full, Count cache, Link, Tar full",
         "MetricExpr": "PM_ICT_NOSLOT_DISP_HELD_ISSQ/PM_RUN_INST_CMPL",
         "MetricGroup": "cpi_breakdown",
         "MetricName": "ict_noslot_disp_held_issq_cpi"
@@ -268,19 +268,19 @@
         "MetricName": "ict_noslot_ic_l2_cpi"
     },
     {
-        "BriefDescription": "Ict empty for this thread due to icache misses that were sourced from the local L3",
+        "BriefDescription": "Instruction Completion Table empty for this thread due to icache misses that were sourced from the local L3",
         "MetricExpr": "PM_ICT_NOSLOT_IC_L3/PM_RUN_INST_CMPL",
         "MetricGroup": "cpi_breakdown",
         "MetricName": "ict_noslot_ic_l3_cpi"
     },
     {
-        "BriefDescription": "Ict empty for this thread due to icache misses that were sourced from beyond the local L3. The source could be local/remote/distant memory or another core's cache",
+        "BriefDescription": "Instruction Completion Table empty for this thread due to icache misses that were sourced from beyond the local L3. The source could be local/remote/distant memory or another core's cache",
         "MetricExpr": "PM_ICT_NOSLOT_IC_L3MISS/PM_RUN_INST_CMPL",
         "MetricGroup": "cpi_breakdown",
         "MetricName": "ict_noslot_ic_l3miss_cpi"
     },
     {
-        "BriefDescription": "Ict empty for this thread due to Icache Miss",
+        "BriefDescription": "Instruction Completion Table empty for this thread due to Icache Miss",
         "MetricExpr": "PM_ICT_NOSLOT_IC_MISS/PM_RUN_INST_CMPL",
         "MetricGroup": "cpi_breakdown",
         "MetricName": "ict_noslot_ic_miss_cpi"
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@
         "MetricName": "nested_tend_stall_cpi"
     },
     {
-        "BriefDescription": "Number of cycles the ICT has no itags assigned to this thread",
+        "BriefDescription": "Number of cycles the Instruction Completion Table has no itags assigned to this thread",
         "MetricExpr": "PM_ICT_NOSLOT_CYC/PM_RUN_INST_CMPL",
         "MetricGroup": "cpi_breakdown",
         "MetricName": "nothing_dispatched_cpi"
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@
         "MetricName": "st_fwd_stall_cpi"
     },
     {
-        "BriefDescription": "Nothing completed and ICT not empty",
+        "BriefDescription": "Nothing completed and Instruction Completion Table not empty",
         "MetricExpr": "PM_CMPLU_STALL/PM_RUN_INST_CMPL",
         "MetricGroup": "cpi_breakdown",
         "MetricName": "stall_cpi"