diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d4c03d3b38..003f8054f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#2563](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/2563))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation` fix `http.host` new http semantic convention mapping to depend on `kind` of span
   ([#2814](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/2814))
+- `opentelemetry-instrumentation` Fix the description of `http.server.duration` and `http.server.request.duration`
+  ([#2753](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/2753))
 
 ## Version 1.26.0/0.47b0 (2024-07-23)
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-server/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiohttp_server/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-server/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiohttp_server/__init__.py
index 659ff24af6..6db7719c76 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-server/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiohttp_server/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-server/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiohttp_server/__init__.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ async def middleware(request, handler):
     duration_histogram = meter.create_histogram(
         name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_DURATION,
         unit="ms",
-        description="Duration of HTTP server requests.",
+        description="Measures the duration of inbound HTTP requests.",
     )
 
     active_requests_counter = meter.create_up_down_counter(
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
index 295eb2a043..420fd512d6 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ def __init__(
             self.duration_histogram_old = self.meter.create_histogram(
                 name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_DURATION,
                 unit="ms",
-                description="Duration of HTTP server requests.",
+                description="Measures the duration of inbound HTTP requests.",
             )
         self.duration_histogram_new = None
         if _report_new(sem_conv_opt_in_mode):
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/__init__.py
index 651df12043..d37c45993c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/__init__.py
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
             _DjangoMiddleware._duration_histogram_old = meter.create_histogram(
                 name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_DURATION,
                 unit="ms",
-                description="Duration of HTTP server requests.",
+                description="Measures the duration of inbound HTTP requests.",
             )
         _DjangoMiddleware._duration_histogram_new = None
         if _report_new(sem_conv_opt_in_mode):
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py
index 1a252b9a16..2dce5f1ef5 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.duration_histogram = self._otel_meter.create_histogram(
             name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_DURATION,
             unit="ms",
-            description="Duration of HTTP server requests.",
+            description="Measures the duration of inbound HTTP requests.",
         )
         self.active_requests_counter = self._otel_meter.create_up_down_counter(
             name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_ACTIVE_REQUESTS,
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py
index 0093715ae1..192e044655 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py
@@ -568,14 +568,14 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             duration_histogram_old = meter.create_histogram(
                 name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_DURATION,
                 unit="ms",
-                description="measures the duration of the inbound HTTP request",
+                description="Measures the duration of inbound HTTP requests.",
             )
         duration_histogram_new = None
         if _report_new(_InstrumentedFlask._sem_conv_opt_in_mode):
             duration_histogram_new = meter.create_histogram(
                 name=HTTP_SERVER_REQUEST_DURATION,
                 unit="s",
-                description="measures the duration of the inbound HTTP request",
+                description="Duration of HTTP server requests.",
             )
         active_requests_counter = meter.create_up_down_counter(
             name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_ACTIVE_REQUESTS,
@@ -701,14 +701,14 @@ def instrument_app(
                 duration_histogram_old = meter.create_histogram(
                     name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_DURATION,
                     unit="ms",
-                    description="measures the duration of the inbound HTTP request",
+                    description="Measures the duration of inbound HTTP requests.",
                 )
             duration_histogram_new = None
             if _report_new(sem_conv_opt_in_mode):
                 duration_histogram_new = meter.create_histogram(
                     name=HTTP_SERVER_REQUEST_DURATION,
                     unit="s",
-                    description="measures the duration of the inbound HTTP request",
+                    description="Duration of HTTP server requests.",
                 )
             active_requests_counter = meter.create_up_down_counter(
                 name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_ACTIVE_REQUESTS,
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pyramid/callbacks.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pyramid/callbacks.py
index 09f1645384..6a526f2235 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pyramid/callbacks.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pyramid/callbacks.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def trace_tween_factory(handler, registry):
     duration_histogram = meter.create_histogram(
         name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_DURATION,
         unit="ms",
-        description="Duration of HTTP server requests.",
+        description="Measures the duration of inbound HTTP requests.",
     )
     active_requests_counter = meter.create_up_down_counter(
         name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_ACTIVE_REQUESTS,
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/tornado/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/tornado/__init__.py
index 1b56db3876..0b5e06b526 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/tornado/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/tornado/__init__.py
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ def _create_server_histograms(meter) -> Dict[str, Histogram]:
         MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_DURATION: meter.create_histogram(
             name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_DURATION,
             unit="ms",
-            description="Duration of HTTP server requests.",
+            description="Measures the duration of inbound HTTP requests.",
         ),
         MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_REQUEST_SIZE: meter.create_histogram(
             name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_REQUEST_SIZE,
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/wsgi/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/wsgi/__init__.py
index 88704f35ab..c0384d594b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/wsgi/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/wsgi/__init__.py
@@ -571,14 +571,14 @@ def __init__(
             self.duration_histogram_old = self.meter.create_histogram(
                 name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_DURATION,
                 unit="ms",
-                description="measures the duration of the inbound HTTP request",
+                description="Measures the duration of inbound HTTP requests.",
             )
         self.duration_histogram_new = None
         if _report_new(sem_conv_opt_in_mode):
             self.duration_histogram_new = self.meter.create_histogram(
                 name=HTTP_SERVER_REQUEST_DURATION,
                 unit="s",
-                description="measures the duration of the inbound HTTP request",
+                description="Duration of HTTP server requests.",
             )
         # We don't need a separate active request counter for old/new semantic conventions
         # because the new attributes are a subset of the old attributes