diff --git a/plugins/processors/dedup/dedup.go b/plugins/processors/dedup/dedup.go
index 9c737da15..c0d40f434 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/dedup/dedup.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/dedup/dedup.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func (d *Dedup) SampleConfig() string {
 }
 
 func (d *Dedup) Description() string {
-	return "Drop metrics with repeating field values"
+	return "Filter metrics with repeating field values"
 }
 
 // Remove single item from slice