diff --git a/app/views/admin/application_settings/_performance_bar.html.haml b/app/views/admin/application_settings/_performance_bar.html.haml
index f992d531ea5..1e66b635038 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/application_settings/_performance_bar.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/application_settings/_performance_bar.html.haml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
       .form-check
         = f.check_box :performance_bar_enabled, class: 'form-check-input'
         = f.label :performance_bar_enabled, class: 'form-check-label qa-enable-performance-bar-checkbox' do
-          Enable the Performance Bar
+          Enable access to the Performance Bar
     .form-group
       = f.label :performance_bar_allowed_group_path, 'Allowed group', class: 'label-bold'
       = f.text_field :performance_bar_allowed_group_path, class: 'form-control', placeholder: 'my-org/my-group', value: @application_setting.performance_bar_allowed_group&.full_path
diff --git a/app/views/admin/application_settings/metrics_and_profiling.html.haml b/app/views/admin/application_settings/metrics_and_profiling.html.haml
index d5ba6abe7af..01d61beaf53 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/application_settings/metrics_and_profiling.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/application_settings/metrics_and_profiling.html.haml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     %button.btn.btn-default.js-settings-toggle{ type: 'button' }
       = expanded_by_default? ? _('Collapse') : _('Expand')
     %p
-      = _('Enable the Performance Bar for a given group.')
+      = _('Enable access to the Performance Bar for a given group.')
       = link_to icon('question-circle'), help_page_path('administration/monitoring/performance/performance_bar')
   .settings-content
     = render 'performance_bar'
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 71ec8bcb9ba..a3b827bbfdf 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -3677,7 +3677,10 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Enable shared Runners"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Enable the Performance Bar for a given group."
+msgid "Enable access to the Performance Bar for a given group."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Enable access to the Performance Bar"
 msgstr ""
 
 msgid "Enable two-factor authentication"
diff --git a/spec/features/admin/admin_settings_spec.rb b/spec/features/admin/admin_settings_spec.rb
index f9950b5b03f..ba7a6f8f4b9 100644
--- a/spec/features/admin/admin_settings_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/admin/admin_settings_spec.rb
@@ -302,22 +302,22 @@ describe 'Admin updates settings' do
       group = create(:group)
 
       page.within('.as-performance-bar') do
-        check 'Enable the Performance Bar'
+        check 'Enable access to the Performance Bar'
         fill_in 'Allowed group', with: group.path
         click_on 'Save changes'
       end
 
       expect(page).to have_content "Application settings saved successfully"
-      expect(find_field('Enable the Performance Bar')).to be_checked
+      expect(find_field('Enable access to the Performance Bar')).to be_checked
       expect(find_field('Allowed group').value).to eq group.path
 
       page.within('.as-performance-bar') do
-        uncheck 'Enable the Performance Bar'
+        uncheck 'Enable access to the Performance Bar'
         click_on 'Save changes'
       end
 
       expect(page).to have_content 'Application settings saved successfully'
-      expect(find_field('Enable the Performance Bar')).not_to be_checked
+      expect(find_field('Enable access to the Performance Bar')).not_to be_checked
       expect(find_field('Allowed group').value).to be_nil
     end