diff --git a/include/osmocom/bsc/gsm_data.h b/include/osmocom/bsc/gsm_data.h
index 52ff5e4..8dc4105 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/bsc/gsm_data.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/bsc/gsm_data.h
@@ -1429,25 +1429,25 @@
 };
 
 static const struct rate_ctr_desc bts_ctr_description[] = {
-	[BTS_CTR_CHREQ_TOTAL] = 		{"chreq:total", "Received channel requests."},
-	[BTS_CTR_CHREQ_NO_CHANNEL] = 		{"chreq:no_channel", "Sent to MS no channel available."},
-	[BTS_CTR_CHAN_RF_FAIL] = 		{"chan:rf_fail", "Received a RF failure indication from BTS."},
-	[BTS_CTR_CHAN_RLL_ERR] = 		{"chan:rll_err", "Received a RLL failure with T200 cause from BTS."},
-	[BTS_CTR_BTS_OML_FAIL] = 		{"oml_fail", "Received a TEI down on a OML link."},
-	[BTS_CTR_BTS_RSL_FAIL] = 		{"rsl_fail", "Received a TEI down on a OML link."},
-	[BTS_CTR_CODEC_AMR_F] =			{"codec:amr_f", "Count the usage of AMR/F codec by channel mode requested."},
-	[BTS_CTR_CODEC_AMR_H] =			{"codec:amr_h", "Count the usage of AMR/H codec by channel mode requested."},
-	[BTS_CTR_CODEC_EFR] = 			{"codec:efr", "Count the usage of EFR codec by channel mode requested."},
-	[BTS_CTR_CODEC_V1_FR] =			{"codec:fr", "Count the usage of FR codec by channel mode requested."},
-	[BTS_CTR_CODEC_V1_HR] =			{"codec:hr", "Count the usage of HR codec by channel mode requested."},
+	[BTS_CTR_CHREQ_TOTAL] = 		{"chreq:total", "Received channel requests"},
+	[BTS_CTR_CHREQ_NO_CHANNEL] = 		{"chreq:no_channel", "Sent to MS no channel available"},
+	[BTS_CTR_CHAN_RF_FAIL] = 		{"chan:rf_fail", "Received a RF failure indication from BTS"},
+	[BTS_CTR_CHAN_RLL_ERR] = 		{"chan:rll_err", "Received a RLL failure with T200 cause from BTS"},
+	[BTS_CTR_BTS_OML_FAIL] = 		{"oml_fail", "Received a TEI down on a OML link"},
+	[BTS_CTR_BTS_RSL_FAIL] = 		{"rsl_fail", "Received a TEI down on a OML link"},
+	[BTS_CTR_CODEC_AMR_F] =			{"codec:amr_f", "Count the usage of AMR/F codec by channel mode requested"},
+	[BTS_CTR_CODEC_AMR_H] =			{"codec:amr_h", "Count the usage of AMR/H codec by channel mode requested"},
+	[BTS_CTR_CODEC_EFR] = 			{"codec:efr", "Count the usage of EFR codec by channel mode requested"},
+	[BTS_CTR_CODEC_V1_FR] =			{"codec:fr", "Count the usage of FR codec by channel mode requested"},
+	[BTS_CTR_CODEC_V1_HR] =			{"codec:hr", "Count the usage of HR codec by channel mode requested"},
 
-	[BTS_CTR_PAGING_ATTEMPTED] = 		{"paging:attempted", "Paging attempts for a subscriber."},
-	[BTS_CTR_PAGING_ALREADY] = 		{"paging:already", "Paging attempts ignored as subscriber was already being paged."},
-	[BTS_CTR_PAGING_RESPONDED] = 		{"paging:responded", "Paging attempts with successful paging response."},
-	[BTS_CTR_PAGING_EXPIRED] = 		{"paging:expired", "Paging Request expired because of timeout T3113."},
-	[BTS_CTR_PAGING_NO_ACTIVE_PAGING] =	{"paging:no_active_paging", "Paging response without an active paging request (arrived after paging expiration?)."},
-	[BTS_CTR_PAGING_MSC_FLUSH] =		{"paging:msc_flush", "Paging flushed due to MSC Reset BSSMAP message."},
-	[BTS_CTR_CHAN_ACT_TOTAL] =		{"chan_act:total", "Total number of Channel Activations."},
+	[BTS_CTR_PAGING_ATTEMPTED] = 		{"paging:attempted", "Paging attempts for a subscriber"},
+	[BTS_CTR_PAGING_ALREADY] = 		{"paging:already", "Paging attempts ignored as subscriber was already being paged"},
+	[BTS_CTR_PAGING_RESPONDED] = 		{"paging:responded", "Paging attempts with successful paging response"},
+	[BTS_CTR_PAGING_EXPIRED] = 		{"paging:expired", "Paging Request expired because of timeout T3113"},
+	[BTS_CTR_PAGING_NO_ACTIVE_PAGING] =	{"paging:no_active_paging", "Paging response without an active paging request (arrived after paging expiration?)"},
+	[BTS_CTR_PAGING_MSC_FLUSH] =		{"paging:msc_flush", "Paging flushed due to MSC Reset BSSMAP message"},
+	[BTS_CTR_CHAN_ACT_TOTAL] =		{"chan_act:total", "Total number of Channel Activations"},
 	[BTS_CTR_CHAN_ACT_NACK] =		{"chan_act:nack", "Number of Channel Activations that the BTS NACKed"},
 	[BTS_CTR_RSL_UNKNOWN] =			{"rsl:unknown", "Number of unknown/unsupported RSL messages received from BTS"},
 	[BTS_CTR_RSL_IPA_NACK] =		{"rsl:ipa_nack", "Number of IPA (RTP/dyn-PDCH) related NACKs received from BTS"},