diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ccbb325e44..11e4962c27 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation` Added Otel semantic convention opt-in mechanism
   ([#1987](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1987))
 
+### Fixed
+
+- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib`/`opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3` Fix metric descriptions to match semantic conventions
+  ([#1959]((https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1959))
+  
 ## Version 1.21.0/0.42b0 (2023-11-01)
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib/__init__.py
index da31bf99fa..656aa993ea 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib/__init__.py
@@ -307,17 +307,17 @@ def _create_client_histograms(meter) -> Dict[str, Histogram]:
         MetricInstruments.HTTP_CLIENT_DURATION: meter.create_histogram(
             name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_CLIENT_DURATION,
             unit="ms",
-            description="measures the duration outbound HTTP requests",
+            description="Measures the duration of outbound HTTP requests.",
         ),
         MetricInstruments.HTTP_CLIENT_REQUEST_SIZE: meter.create_histogram(
             name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_CLIENT_REQUEST_SIZE,
             unit="By",
-            description="measures the size of HTTP request messages (compressed)",
+            description="Measures the size of HTTP request messages.",
         ),
         MetricInstruments.HTTP_CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE: meter.create_histogram(
             name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE,
             unit="By",
-            description="measures the size of HTTP response messages (compressed)",
+            description="Measures the size of HTTP response messages.",
         ),
     }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib3/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib3/__init__.py
index 45bab7454d..5580cb529f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib3/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib3/__init__.py
@@ -183,17 +183,17 @@ def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
         duration_histogram = meter.create_histogram(
             name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_CLIENT_DURATION,
             unit="ms",
-            description="measures the duration outbound HTTP requests",
+            description="Measures the duration of outbound HTTP requests.",
         )
         request_size_histogram = meter.create_histogram(
             name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_CLIENT_REQUEST_SIZE,
             unit="By",
-            description="measures the size of HTTP request messages (compressed)",
+            description="Measures the size of HTTP request messages.",
         )
         response_size_histogram = meter.create_histogram(
             name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE,
             unit="By",
-            description="measures the size of HTTP response messages (compressed)",
+            description="Measures the size of HTTP response messages.",
         )
 
         _instrument(