diff --git a/csharp/ql/src/Security Features/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql b/csharp/ql/src/Security Features/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql
index 25a1e9bcd19..2e4d59aaf7e 100644
--- a/csharp/ql/src/Security Features/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql	
+++ b/csharp/ql/src/Security Features/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql	
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /**
  * @name Arbitrary file access during archive extraction ("Zip Slip")
- * @description Accessing filesystem paths built from the name of an archive entry without
+ * @description Extracting files from a malicious ZIP file, or similar type of archive, without
  *              validating that the destination file path is within the destination directory
- *              can allow an attacker to access unexpected resources.
+ *              can allow an attacker to unexpectedly gain access to resources.
  * @kind path-problem
  * @id cs/zipslip
  * @problem.severity error
diff --git a/go/ql/src/Security/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql b/go/ql/src/Security/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql
index 27c18248ad5..5cfb3998f4d 100644
--- a/go/ql/src/Security/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql
+++ b/go/ql/src/Security/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /**
  * @name Arbitrary file access during archive extraction ("Zip Slip")
- * @description Accessing filesystem paths built from the name of an archive entry without
+ * @description Extracting files from a malicious ZIP file, or similar type of archive, without
  *              validating that the destination file path is within the destination directory
- *              can allow an attacker to access unexpected resources.
+ *              can allow an attacker to unexpectedly gain access to resources.
  * @kind path-problem
  * @id go/zipslip
  * @problem.severity error
diff --git a/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql b/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql
index 2c48ecb2aa1..0d165a73521 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql
+++ b/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /**
  * @name Arbitrary file access during archive extraction ("Zip Slip")
- * @description Accessing filesystem paths built from the name of an archive entry without
+ * @description Extracting files from a malicious ZIP file, or similar type of archive, without
  *              validating that the destination file path is within the destination directory
- *              can allow an attacker to access unexpected resources.
+ *              can allow an attacker to unexpectedly gain access to resources.
  * @kind path-problem
  * @id java/zipslip
  * @problem.severity error
diff --git a/javascript/ql/src/Security/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql b/javascript/ql/src/Security/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql
index f9c468c388a..aef13830eb1 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/src/Security/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql
+++ b/javascript/ql/src/Security/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /**
  * @name Arbitrary file access during archive extraction ("Zip Slip")
- * @description Accessing filesystem paths built from the name of an archive entry without
+ * @description Extracting files from a malicious ZIP file, or similar type of archive, without
  *              validating that the destination file path is within the destination directory
- *              can allow an attacker to access unexpected resources.
+ *              can allow an attacker to unexpectedly gain access to resources.
  * @kind path-problem
  * @id js/zipslip
  * @problem.severity error
diff --git a/python/ql/src/experimental/Security/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql b/python/ql/src/experimental/Security/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql
index b00214cfe68..eba8da087b3 100644
--- a/python/ql/src/experimental/Security/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql
+++ b/python/ql/src/experimental/Security/CWE-022/ZipSlip.ql
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /**
  * @name Arbitrary file access during archive extraction ("Zip Slip")
- * @description Accessing filesystem paths built from the name of an archive entry without
+ * @description Extracting files from a malicious ZIP file, or similar type of archive, without
  *              validating that the destination file path is within the destination directory
- *              can allow an attacker to access unexpected resources.
+ *              can allow an attacker to unexpectedly gain access to resources.
  * @kind path-problem
  * @id py/zipslip
  * @problem.severity error
diff --git a/ruby/ql/src/experimental/cwe-022-zipslip/ZipSlip.ql b/ruby/ql/src/experimental/cwe-022-zipslip/ZipSlip.ql
index 709e89f98e8..329f4b89977 100644
--- a/ruby/ql/src/experimental/cwe-022-zipslip/ZipSlip.ql
+++ b/ruby/ql/src/experimental/cwe-022-zipslip/ZipSlip.ql
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /**
  * @name Arbitrary file access during archive extraction ("Zip Slip")
- * @description Accessing filesystem paths built from the name of an archive entry without
+ * @description Extracting files from a malicious ZIP file, or similar type of archive, without
  *              validating that the destination file path is within the destination directory
- *              can allow an attacker to access unexpected resources.
+ *              can allow an attacker to unexpectedly gain access to resources.
  * @kind path-problem
  * @id rb/zip-slip
  * @problem.severity error