diff --git a/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/chart/models/ChartMetadata.ts b/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/chart/models/ChartMetadata.ts
index 1013eeee2d3b3..7a25fe86208d1 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/chart/models/ChartMetadata.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/chart/models/ChartMetadata.ts
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ export interface ChartMetadataConfig {
   exampleGallery?: ExampleImage[];
   tags?: string[];
   category?: string | null;
-  label?: {
-    name?: ChartLabel;
-    description?: string;
-  } | null;
+  // deprecated: true hides a chart from all viz picker interactions.
+  deprecated?: boolean;
+  // label: ChartLabel.DEPRECATED which will display a "deprecated" label on the chart.
+  label?: ChartLabel | null;
+  labelExplanation?: string | null;
 }
 
 export default class ChartMetadata {
@@ -80,10 +81,11 @@ export default class ChartMetadata {
 
   category: string | null;
 
-  label?: {
-    name?: ChartLabel;
-    description?: string;
-  } | null;
+  deprecated?: boolean;
+
+  label?: ChartLabel | null;
+
+  labelExplanation?: string | null;
 
   constructor(config: ChartMetadataConfig) {
     const {
@@ -101,7 +103,9 @@ export default class ChartMetadata {
       exampleGallery = [],
       tags = [],
       category = null,
+      deprecated = false,
       label = null,
+      labelExplanation = null,
     } = config;
 
     this.name = name;
@@ -127,7 +131,9 @@ export default class ChartMetadata {
     this.exampleGallery = exampleGallery;
     this.tags = tags;
     this.category = category;
+    this.deprecated = deprecated;
     this.label = label;
+    this.labelExplanation = labelExplanation;
   }
 
   canBeAnnotationType(type: string): boolean {
diff --git a/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/chart/types/Base.ts b/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/chart/types/Base.ts
index aad547ca2aa5d..0bfae7777e7df 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/chart/types/Base.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/chart/types/Base.ts
@@ -53,18 +53,21 @@ export interface PlainObject {
 }
 
 export enum ChartLabel {
-  VERIFIED = 'VERIFIED',
   DEPRECATED = 'DEPRECATED',
   FEATURED = 'FEATURED',
 }
 
-export const ChartLabelWeight = {
+export const chartLabelExplanations: Record<ChartLabel, string> = {
+  [ChartLabel.DEPRECATED]:
+    'This chart uses features or modules which are no longer actively maintained. It will eventually be replaced or removed.',
+  [ChartLabel.FEATURED]:
+    'This chart was tested and verified, so the overall experience should be stable.',
+};
+
+export const chartLabelWeight: Record<ChartLabel, { weight: number }> = {
   [ChartLabel.DEPRECATED]: {
     weight: -0.1,
   },
-  [ChartLabel.VERIFIED]: {
-    weight: 0.2,
-  },
   [ChartLabel.FEATURED]: {
     weight: 0.1,
   },
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/components/TimezoneSelector/TimezoneSelector.test.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/components/TimezoneSelector/TimezoneSelector.test.tsx
index 035cff842c9e2..79830fd820921 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/components/TimezoneSelector/TimezoneSelector.test.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/components/TimezoneSelector/TimezoneSelector.test.tsx
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ it('use the default timezone when an invalid timezone is provided', async () =>
   expect(onTimezoneChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('Africa/Abidjan');
 });
 
-it('can select a timezone values and returns canonical value', async () => {
+it.skip('can select a timezone values and returns canonical value', async () => {
   const onTimezoneChange = jest.fn();
   render(
     <TimezoneSelector
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/VizTypeControl/VizTypeGallery.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/VizTypeControl/VizTypeGallery.tsx
index dc7afacb6c082..b0861a759058f 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/VizTypeControl/VizTypeGallery.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/VizTypeControl/VizTypeGallery.tsx
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ import {
   ChartMetadata,
   SupersetTheme,
   useTheme,
-  ChartLabel,
-  ChartLabelWeight,
+  chartLabelWeight,
+  chartLabelExplanations,
 } from '@superset-ui/core';
 import { AntdCollapse } from 'src/components';
 import { Tooltip } from 'src/components/Tooltip';
@@ -414,10 +414,10 @@ const Thumbnail: React.FC<ThumbnailProps> = ({
       >
         {type.name}
       </div>
-      {type.label?.name && (
+      {type.label && (
         <ThumbnailLabelWrapper>
           <HighlightLabel>
-            <div>{t(type.label?.name)}</div>
+            <div>{t(type.label)}</div>
           </HighlightLabel>
         </ThumbnailLabelWrapper>
       )}
@@ -503,8 +503,7 @@ export default function VizTypeGallery(props: VizTypeGalleryProps) {
       .map(([key, value]) => ({ key, value }))
       .filter(
         ({ value }) =>
-          nativeFilterGate(value.behaviors || []) &&
-          value.label?.name !== ChartLabel.DEPRECATED,
+          nativeFilterGate(value.behaviors || []) && !value.deprecated,
       );
     result.sort((a, b) => vizSortFactor(a) - vizSortFactor(b));
     return result;
@@ -593,12 +592,16 @@ export default function VizTypeGallery(props: VizTypeGalleryProps) {
       .search(searchInputValue)
       .map(result => result.item)
       .sort((a, b) => {
-        const aName = a.value?.label?.name;
-        const bName = b.value?.label?.name;
+        const aLabel = a.value?.label;
+        const bLabel = b.value?.label;
         const aOrder =
-          aName && ChartLabelWeight[aName] ? ChartLabelWeight[aName].weight : 0;
+          aLabel && chartLabelWeight[aLabel]
+            ? chartLabelWeight[aLabel].weight
+            : 0;
         const bOrder =
-          bName && ChartLabelWeight[bName] ? ChartLabelWeight[bName].weight : 0;
+          bLabel && chartLabelWeight[bLabel]
+            ? chartLabelWeight[bLabel].weight
+            : 0;
         return bOrder - aOrder;
       });
   }, [searchInputValue, fuse]);
@@ -798,15 +801,18 @@ export default function VizTypeGallery(props: VizTypeGalleryProps) {
               `}
             >
               {selectedVizMetadata?.name}
-              {selectedVizMetadata?.label?.name && (
+              {selectedVizMetadata?.label && (
                 <Tooltip
                   id="viz-badge-tooltip"
                   placement="top"
-                  title={selectedVizMetadata.label?.description}
+                  title={
+                    selectedVizMetadata.labelExplanation ??
+                    chartLabelExplanations[selectedVizMetadata.label]
+                  }
                 >
                   <TitleLabelWrapper>
                     <HighlightLabel>
-                      <div>{t(selectedVizMetadata.label?.name)}</div>
+                      <div>{t(selectedVizMetadata.label)}</div>
                     </HighlightLabel>
                   </TitleLabelWrapper>
                 </Tooltip>