diff --git a/lib/std/Target/spirv.zig b/lib/std/Target/spirv.zig
index 28fda54e9d669fa3993951c58a74a818715f7e3a..cc9aee91b2fac19f24f89615b682841e370a0c2e 100644
--- a/lib/std/Target/spirv.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Target/spirv.zig
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ pub const all_features = blk: {
     };
     result[@intFromEnum(Feature.variable_pointers)] = .{
         .llvm_name = null,
-        .description = "Enable SPV_KHR_physical_storage_buffer extension and the PhysicalStorageBufferAddresses capability",
+        .description = "Enable SPV_KHR_variable_pointers extension and the VariablePointers capability",
         .dependencies = featureSet(&[_]Feature{
             .v1_0,
         }),
diff --git a/tools/update_cpu_features.zig b/tools/update_cpu_features.zig
index 762458eee6f9aff77ac78f3960c19ffd45ef099d..162a48baceb18e572859b8059a0564845e7f3b90 100644
--- a/tools/update_cpu_features.zig
+++ b/tools/update_cpu_features.zig
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ const targets = [_]ArchTarget{
             },
             .{
                 .zig_name = "variable_pointers",
-                .desc = "Enable SPV_KHR_physical_storage_buffer extension and the PhysicalStorageBufferAddresses capability",
+                .desc = "Enable SPV_KHR_variable_pointers extension and the VariablePointers capability",
                 .deps = &.{"v1_0"},
             },
         },