diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/focal_point_modal.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/focal_point_modal.js
index ba8aa8f039..479f4abd21 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/focal_point_modal.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/focal_point_modal.js
@@ -291,11 +291,11 @@ class FocalPointModal extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     let descriptionLabel = null;
 
     if (media.get('type') === 'audio') {
-      descriptionLabel = <FormattedMessage id='upload_form.audio_description' defaultMessage='Describe for people with hearing loss' />;
+      descriptionLabel = <FormattedMessage id='upload_form.audio_description' defaultMessage='Describe for people who are hard of hearing' />;
     } else if (media.get('type') === 'video') {
-      descriptionLabel = <FormattedMessage id='upload_form.video_description' defaultMessage='Describe for people with hearing loss or visual impairment' />;
+      descriptionLabel = <FormattedMessage id='upload_form.video_description' defaultMessage='Describe for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision' />;
     } else {
-      descriptionLabel = <FormattedMessage id='upload_form.description' defaultMessage='Describe for the visually impaired' />;
+      descriptionLabel = <FormattedMessage id='upload_form.description' defaultMessage='Describe for people who are blind or have low vision' />;
     }
 
     let ocrMessage = '';
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/defaultMessages.json b/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/defaultMessages.json
index 230154eb10..4312e7b84b 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/defaultMessages.json
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/defaultMessages.json
@@ -3934,15 +3934,15 @@
         "id": "confirmations.discard_edit_media.confirm"
       },
       {
-        "defaultMessage": "Describe for people with hearing loss",
+        "defaultMessage": "Describe for people who are deaf or hard of hearing",
         "id": "upload_form.audio_description"
       },
       {
-        "defaultMessage": "Describe for people with hearing loss or visual impairment",
+        "defaultMessage": "Describe for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision",
         "id": "upload_form.video_description"
       },
       {
-        "defaultMessage": "Describe for the visually impaired",
+        "defaultMessage": "Describe for people who are blind or have low vision",
         "id": "upload_form.description"
       },
       {
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json b/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json
index 997b0d9e53..fd7755c089 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json
@@ -622,13 +622,13 @@
   "upload_button.label": "Add images, a video or an audio file",
   "upload_error.limit": "File upload limit exceeded.",
   "upload_error.poll": "File upload not allowed with polls.",
-  "upload_form.audio_description": "Describe for people with hearing loss",
-  "upload_form.description": "Describe for the visually impaired",
+  "upload_form.audio_description": "Describe for people who are deaf or hard of hearing",
+  "upload_form.description": "Describe for people who are blind or have low vision",
   "upload_form.description_missing": "No description added",
   "upload_form.edit": "Edit",
   "upload_form.thumbnail": "Change thumbnail",
   "upload_form.undo": "Delete",
-  "upload_form.video_description": "Describe for people with hearing loss or visual impairment",
+  "upload_form.video_description": "Describe for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision",
   "upload_modal.analyzing_picture": "Analyzing picture…",
   "upload_modal.apply": "Apply",
   "upload_modal.applying": "Applying…",