diff --git a/lib/vector-core/src/config/proxy.rs b/lib/vector-core/src/config/proxy.rs
index 266ffed72d167..4f107db571960 100644
--- a/lib/vector-core/src/config/proxy.rs
+++ b/lib/vector-core/src/config/proxy.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ impl NoProxyInterceptor {
 ///
 /// Configure to proxy traffic through an HTTP(S) proxy when making external requests.
 ///
-/// Similar to common proxy configuration convention, users can set different proxies
+/// Similar to common proxy configuration convention, you can set different proxies
 /// to use based on the type of traffic being proxied, as well as set specific hosts that
 /// should not be proxied.
 #[configurable_component]
diff --git a/src/sources/aws_sqs/config.rs b/src/sources/aws_sqs/config.rs
index 03de7d24d52ae..4f156cd47a3db 100644
--- a/src/sources/aws_sqs/config.rs
+++ b/src/sources/aws_sqs/config.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ pub struct AwsSqsConfig {
     #[serde(default = "default_poll_secs")]
     #[derivative(Default(value = "default_poll_secs()"))]
     #[configurable(metadata(docs::type_unit = "seconds"))]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Poll Wait Time"))]
     pub poll_secs: u32,
 
     /// The visibility timeout to use for messages, in seconds.
diff --git a/src/sources/docker_logs/mod.rs b/src/sources/docker_logs/mod.rs
index 55c24e77a3c90..4c93b20abe12a 100644
--- a/src/sources/docker_logs/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sources/docker_logs/mod.rs
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ pub struct DockerLogsConfig {
     /// The amount of time to wait before retrying after an error.
     #[serde_as(as = "serde_with::DurationSeconds<u64>")]
     #[serde(default = "default_retry_backoff_secs")]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Retry Backoff"))]
     retry_backoff_secs: Duration,
 
     /// Multiline aggregation configuration.
diff --git a/src/sources/eventstoredb_metrics/mod.rs b/src/sources/eventstoredb_metrics/mod.rs
index 57017950f56be..1d205ae6799e2 100644
--- a/src/sources/eventstoredb_metrics/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sources/eventstoredb_metrics/mod.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ pub struct EventStoreDbConfig {
     /// The interval between scrapes, in seconds.
     #[serde(default = "default_scrape_interval_secs")]
     #[serde_as(as = "serde_with::DurationSeconds<u64>")]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Scrape Interval"))]
     scrape_interval_secs: Duration,
 
     /// Overrides the default namespace for the metrics emitted by the source.
diff --git a/src/sources/exec/mod.rs b/src/sources/exec/mod.rs
index 1f8d755e77e3f..5b163db025772 100644
--- a/src/sources/exec/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sources/exec/mod.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pub struct ExecConfig {
     #[configurable(derived)]
     pub streaming: Option<StreamingConfig>,
 
-    /// The command to be run, plus any arguments required.
+    /// The command to run, plus any arguments required.
     #[configurable(metadata(docs::examples = "echo", docs::examples = "Hello World!"))]
     pub command: Vec<String>,
 
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ pub struct StreamingConfig {
 
     /// The amount of time, in seconds, before rerunning a streaming command that exited.
     #[serde(default = "default_respawn_interval_secs")]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Respawn Interval"))]
     respawn_interval_secs: u64,
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sources/file.rs b/src/sources/file.rs
index 3e68e57a2b04e..5e72bb7676917 100644
--- a/src/sources/file.rs
+++ b/src/sources/file.rs
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ pub struct FileConfig {
     #[serde(alias = "ignore_older", default)]
     #[configurable(metadata(docs::type_unit = "seconds"))]
     #[configurable(metadata(docs::examples = 600))]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Ignore Older Files"))]
     pub ignore_older_secs: Option<u64>,
 
     /// The maximum size of a line before it is discarded.
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ pub struct FileConfig {
     /// [global_data_dir]: https://vector.dev/docs/reference/configuration/global-options/#data_dir
     #[serde(default)]
     #[configurable(metadata(docs::examples = "/var/local/lib/vector/"))]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Data Directory"))]
     pub data_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
 
     /// Enables adding the file offset to each event and sets the name of the log field used.
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ pub struct FileConfig {
     #[configurable(metadata(docs::examples = "offset"))]
     pub offset_key: Option<OptionalValuePath>,
 
-    /// Delay between file discovery calls.
+    /// The delay between file discovery calls.
     ///
     /// This controls the interval at which files are searched. A higher value results in greater
     /// chances of some short-lived files being missed between searches, but a lower value increases
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ pub struct FileConfig {
     )]
     #[serde_as(as = "serde_with::DurationMilliSeconds<u64>")]
     #[configurable(metadata(docs::type_unit = "milliseconds"))]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Glob Minimum Cooldown"))]
     pub glob_minimum_cooldown_ms: Duration,
 
     #[configurable(derived)]
@@ -211,7 +214,7 @@ pub struct FileConfig {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub oldest_first: bool,
 
-    /// Timeout from reaching `EOF` after which the file is removed from the filesystem, unless new data is written in the meantime.
+    /// After reaching EOF, the number of seconds to wait before removing the file, unless new data is written.
     ///
     /// If not specified, files are not removed.
     #[serde(alias = "remove_after", default)]
@@ -219,6 +222,7 @@ pub struct FileConfig {
     #[configurable(metadata(docs::examples = 0))]
     #[configurable(metadata(docs::examples = 5))]
     #[configurable(metadata(docs::examples = 60))]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Wait Time Before Removing File"))]
     pub remove_after_secs: Option<u64>,
 
     /// String sequence used to separate one file line from another.
diff --git a/src/sources/file_descriptors/file_descriptor.rs b/src/sources/file_descriptors/file_descriptor.rs
index 0740674742e81..4770811ad401b 100644
--- a/src/sources/file_descriptors/file_descriptor.rs
+++ b/src/sources/file_descriptors/file_descriptor.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ pub struct FileDescriptorSourceConfig {
 
     /// The file descriptor number to read from.
     #[configurable(metadata(docs::examples = 10))]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "File Descriptor Number"))]
     pub fd: u32,
 
     /// The namespace to use for logs. This overrides the global setting.
diff --git a/src/sources/host_metrics/mod.rs b/src/sources/host_metrics/mod.rs
index d75ab4d0420f9..9f577b3b85a1a 100644
--- a/src/sources/host_metrics/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sources/host_metrics/mod.rs
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ pub struct HostMetricsConfig {
     /// The interval between metric gathering, in seconds.
     #[serde_as(as = "serde_with::DurationSeconds<u64>")]
     #[serde(default = "default_scrape_interval")]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Scrape Interval"))]
     pub scrape_interval_secs: Duration,
 
     /// The list of host metric collector services to use.
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ pub struct HostMetricsConfig {
 pub struct CGroupsConfig {
     /// The number of levels of the cgroups hierarchy for which to report metrics.
     ///
-    /// A value of `1` means just the root or named cgroup.
+    /// A value of `1` means the root or named cgroup.
     #[derivative(Default(value = "default_levels()"))]
     #[serde(default = "default_levels")]
     #[configurable(metadata(docs::examples = 1))]
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ pub struct CGroupsConfig {
     /// Base cgroup directory, for testing use only
     #[serde(skip_serializing)]
     #[configurable(metadata(docs::hidden))]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Base Directory"))]
     base_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sources/http_server.rs b/src/sources/http_server.rs
index e082f5e1642b8..c4730fe7fee5b 100644
--- a/src/sources/http_server.rs
+++ b/src/sources/http_server.rs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ pub struct SimpleHttpConfig {
 
     /// The expected encoding of received data.
     ///
-    /// Note: For `json` and `ndjson` encodings, the fields of the JSON objects are output as separate fields.
+    /// For `json` and `ndjson` encodings, the fields of the JSON objects are output as separate fields.
     #[serde(default)]
     encoding: Option<Encoding>,
 
diff --git a/src/sources/internal_metrics.rs b/src/sources/internal_metrics.rs
index 03f447c7488d9..908daab49e1f7 100644
--- a/src/sources/internal_metrics.rs
+++ b/src/sources/internal_metrics.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ pub struct InternalMetricsConfig {
     /// The interval between metric gathering, in seconds.
     #[serde_as(as = "serde_with::DurationSeconds<f64>")]
     #[serde(default = "default_scrape_interval")]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Scrape Interval"))]
     pub scrape_interval_secs: Duration,
 
     #[configurable(derived)]
diff --git a/src/sources/journald.rs b/src/sources/journald.rs
index 2436702dfe49a..652e3577aeae0 100644
--- a/src/sources/journald.rs
+++ b/src/sources/journald.rs
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ pub struct JournaldConfig {
     /// permissions to this directory.
     #[serde(default)]
     #[configurable(metadata(docs::examples = "/var/lib/vector"))]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Data Directory"))]
     pub data_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
 
     /// The systemd journal is read in batches, and a checkpoint is set at the end of each batch.
diff --git a/src/sources/kubernetes_logs/mod.rs b/src/sources/kubernetes_logs/mod.rs
index 0366c51921380..de609ff055758 100644
--- a/src/sources/kubernetes_logs/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sources/kubernetes_logs/mod.rs
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// By default, the global `data_dir` option is used. Make sure the running user has write
     /// permissions to this directory.
     #[configurable(metadata(docs::examples = "/var/local/lib/vector/"))]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Data Directory"))]
     data_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
 
     #[configurable(derived)]
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     #[serde(default)]
     #[configurable(metadata(docs::type_unit = "seconds"))]
     #[configurable(metadata(docs::examples = 600))]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Ignore Files Older Than"))]
     ignore_older_secs: Option<u64>,
 
     /// Max amount of bytes to read from a single file before switching over
@@ -198,6 +200,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// in the underlying file server, so setting it too low may introduce
     /// a significant overhead.
     #[serde_as(as = "serde_with::DurationMilliSeconds<u64>")]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Glob Minimum Cooldown"))]
     glob_minimum_cooldown_ms: Duration,
 
     /// Overrides the name of the log field used to add the ingestion timestamp to each event.
@@ -229,6 +232,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// removed. If relevant metadata has been removed, the log is forwarded un-enriched and a
     /// warning is emitted.
     #[serde_as(as = "serde_with::DurationMilliSeconds<u64>")]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Delay Deletion"))]
     delay_deletion_ms: Duration,
 
     /// The namespace to use for logs. This overrides the global setting.
diff --git a/src/sources/mongodb_metrics/mod.rs b/src/sources/mongodb_metrics/mod.rs
index b68356444d5dd..a144b5f09c2a9 100644
--- a/src/sources/mongodb_metrics/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sources/mongodb_metrics/mod.rs
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ pub struct MongoDbMetricsConfig {
     /// The interval between scrapes, in seconds.
     #[serde(default = "default_scrape_interval_secs")]
     #[serde_as(as = "serde_with::DurationSeconds<u64>")]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Scrape Interval"))]
     scrape_interval_secs: Duration,
 
     /// Overrides the default namespace for the metrics emitted by the source.
diff --git a/src/sources/nginx_metrics/mod.rs b/src/sources/nginx_metrics/mod.rs
index 0ea02fffd83c1..0e6bb83049a12 100644
--- a/src/sources/nginx_metrics/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sources/nginx_metrics/mod.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ pub struct NginxMetricsConfig {
     /// The interval between scrapes.
     #[serde(default = "default_scrape_interval_secs")]
     #[serde_as(as = "serde_with::DurationSeconds<u64>")]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Scrape Interval"))]
     scrape_interval_secs: Duration,
 
     /// Overrides the default namespace for the metrics emitted by the source.
diff --git a/src/sources/postgresql_metrics.rs b/src/sources/postgresql_metrics.rs
index 808028539e6f3..6c6d8505c6b9d 100644
--- a/src/sources/postgresql_metrics.rs
+++ b/src/sources/postgresql_metrics.rs
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ pub struct PostgresqlMetricsConfig {
     /// The interval between scrapes.
     #[serde(default = "default_scrape_interval_secs")]
     #[serde_as(as = "serde_with::DurationSeconds<u64>")]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Scrape Interval"))]
     scrape_interval_secs: Duration,
 
     /// Overrides the default namespace for the metrics emitted by the source.
diff --git a/src/sources/socket/tcp.rs b/src/sources/socket/tcp.rs
index 6135ca0e3cf68..1c0fb4574b101 100644
--- a/src/sources/socket/tcp.rs
+++ b/src/sources/socket/tcp.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ pub struct TcpConfig {
     /// The timeout before a connection is forcefully closed during shutdown.
     #[serde(default = "default_shutdown_timeout_secs")]
     #[serde_as(as = "serde_with::DurationSeconds<u64>")]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Shutdown Timeout"))]
     shutdown_timeout_secs: Duration,
 
     /// Overrides the name of the log field used to add the peer host to each event.
diff --git a/src/sources/splunk_hec/mod.rs b/src/sources/splunk_hec/mod.rs
index 0aae6053ac402..0c465ffaef97e 100644
--- a/src/sources/splunk_hec/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sources/splunk_hec/mod.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pub struct SplunkConfig {
     #[configurable(deprecated = "This option has been deprecated, use `valid_tokens` instead.")]
     token: Option<SensitiveString>,
 
-    /// Optional list of valid authorization tokens.
+    /// A list of valid authorization tokens.
     ///
     /// If supplied, incoming requests must supply one of these tokens in the `Authorization` header, just as a client
     /// would if it was communicating with the Splunk HEC endpoint directly.
diff --git a/src/sources/statsd/mod.rs b/src/sources/statsd/mod.rs
index a655d44147549..4f18e1d14be1b 100644
--- a/src/sources/statsd/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sources/statsd/mod.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ pub struct TcpConfig {
     /// The timeout before a connection is forcefully closed during shutdown.
     #[serde(default = "default_shutdown_timeout_secs")]
     #[serde_as(as = "serde_with::DurationSeconds<u64>")]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Shutdown Timeout"))]
     shutdown_timeout_secs: Duration,
 
     /// The size of the receive buffer used for each connection.
diff --git a/src/sources/syslog.rs b/src/sources/syslog.rs
index 71c8bd7b3b728..05e4394a9cd96 100644
--- a/src/sources/syslog.rs
+++ b/src/sources/syslog.rs
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ pub enum Mode {
 
         /// Unix file mode bits to be applied to the unix socket file as its designated file permissions.
         ///
-        /// Note: The file mode value can be specified in any numeric format supported by your configuration
+        /// The file mode value can be specified in any numeric format supported by your configuration
         /// language, but it is most intuitive to use an octal number.
         socket_file_mode: Option<u32>,
     },
diff --git a/src/sources/vector/mod.rs b/src/sources/vector/mod.rs
index 7cdaa4633a9e9..66aef5f7b4b19 100644
--- a/src/sources/vector/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sources/vector/mod.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use crate::{
     SourceSender,
 };
 
-/// Marker type for the version two of the configuration for the `vector` source.
+/// Marker type for version two of the configuration for the `vector` source.
 #[configurable_component]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 enum VectorConfigVersion {
diff --git a/src/transforms/lua/mod.rs b/src/transforms/lua/mod.rs
index febcf58928ff5..24052542ac8b5 100644
--- a/src/transforms/lua/mod.rs
+++ b/src/transforms/lua/mod.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub struct LuaConfigV1 {
     config: v1::LuaConfig,
 }
 
-/// Marker type for the version two of the configuration for the `lua` transform.
+/// Marker type for version two of the configuration for the `lua` transform.
 #[configurable_component]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 enum V2 {
diff --git a/src/transforms/lua/v1/mod.rs b/src/transforms/lua/v1/mod.rs
index 4aab930ede76b..4daae33000530 100644
--- a/src/transforms/lua/v1/mod.rs
+++ b/src/transforms/lua/v1/mod.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ enum BuildError {
     InvalidLua { source: mlua::Error },
 }
 
-/// Configuration for the version one of the `lua` transform.
+/// Configuration for version one of the `lua` transform.
 #[configurable_component]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
diff --git a/src/transforms/lua/v2/mod.rs b/src/transforms/lua/v2/mod.rs
index f68454cdc6ea8..ca0790546b390 100644
--- a/src/transforms/lua/v2/mod.rs
+++ b/src/transforms/lua/v2/mod.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ pub struct LuaConfig {
     /// If not specified, the modules are looked up in the configuration directories.
     #[serde(default = "default_config_paths")]
     #[configurable(metadata(docs::examples = "/etc/vector/lua"))]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Search Directories"))]
     search_dirs: Vec<PathBuf>,
 
     #[configurable(derived)]
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ struct HooksConfig {
 struct TimerConfig {
     /// The interval to execute the handler, in seconds.
     #[serde_as(as = "serde_with::DurationSeconds<u64>")]
+    #[configurable(metadata(docs::human_name = "Interval"))]
     interval_seconds: Duration,
 
     /// The handler function which is called when the timer ticks.
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/components/base/sinks.cue b/website/cue/reference/components/base/sinks.cue
index abb7e9c6ff801..4c71d4549e778 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/components/base/sinks.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/components/base/sinks.cue
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ base: components: sinks: configuration: {
 
 			Configure to proxy traffic through an HTTP(S) proxy when making external requests.
 
-			Similar to common proxy configuration convention, users can set different proxies
+			Similar to common proxy configuration convention, you can set different proxies
 			to use based on the type of traffic being proxied, as well as set specific hosts that
 			should not be proxied.
 			"""
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/components/base/sources.cue b/website/cue/reference/components/base/sources.cue
index 9755857f5ea01..f7f48b24c9eb7 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/components/base/sources.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/components/base/sources.cue
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ base: components: sources: configuration: proxy: {
 
 		Configure to proxy traffic through an HTTP(S) proxy when making external requests.
 
-		Similar to common proxy configuration convention, users can set different proxies
+		Similar to common proxy configuration convention, you can set different proxies
 		to use based on the type of traffic being proxied, as well as set specific hosts that
 		should not be proxied.
 		"""
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/exec.cue b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/exec.cue
index d9d1745d5c649..06c7c09fadb96 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/exec.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/exec.cue
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package metadata
 
 base: components: sources: exec: configuration: {
 	command: {
-		description: "The command to be run, plus any arguments required."
+		description: "The command to run, plus any arguments required."
 		required:    true
 		type: array: items: type: string: examples: ["echo", "Hello World!"]
 	}
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/file.cue b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/file.cue
index e47f4e45077eb..17b32bb7648e0 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/file.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/file.cue
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ base: components: sources: file: configuration: {
 	}
 	glob_minimum_cooldown_ms: {
 		description: """
-			Delay between file discovery calls.
+			The delay between file discovery calls.
 
 			This controls the interval at which files are searched. A higher value results in greater
 			chances of some short-lived files being missed between searches, but a lower value increases
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ base: components: sources: file: configuration: {
 	}
 	remove_after_secs: {
 		description: """
-			Timeout from reaching `EOF` after which the file is removed from the filesystem, unless new data is written in the meantime.
+			After reaching EOF, the number of seconds to wait before removing the file, unless new data is written.
 
 			If not specified, files are not removed.
 			"""
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/host_metrics.cue b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/host_metrics.cue
index a38bcc8746cb7..f76224493a7c0 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/host_metrics.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/host_metrics.cue
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ base: components: sources: host_metrics: configuration: {
 				description: """
 					The number of levels of the cgroups hierarchy for which to report metrics.
 
-					A value of `1` means just the root or named cgroup.
+					A value of `1` means the root or named cgroup.
 					"""
 				required: false
 				type: uint: {
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/http.cue b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/http.cue
index e562985c48955..c48d01eb2a4a9 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/http.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/http.cue
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ base: components: sources: http: configuration: {
 		description: """
 			The expected encoding of received data.
 
-			Note: For `json` and `ndjson` encodings, the fields of the JSON objects are output as separate fields.
+			For `json` and `ndjson` encodings, the fields of the JSON objects are output as separate fields.
 			"""
 		required: false
 		type: string: enum: {
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/http_server.cue b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/http_server.cue
index e7e66b4845c7c..6558067f7c8f6 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/http_server.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/http_server.cue
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ base: components: sources: http_server: configuration: {
 		description: """
 			The expected encoding of received data.
 
-			Note: For `json` and `ndjson` encodings, the fields of the JSON objects are output as separate fields.
+			For `json` and `ndjson` encodings, the fields of the JSON objects are output as separate fields.
 			"""
 		required: false
 		type: string: enum: {
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/splunk_hec.cue b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/splunk_hec.cue
index 7b5178ab639bc..36cf3a36655e2 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/splunk_hec.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/splunk_hec.cue
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ base: components: sources: splunk_hec: configuration: {
 	}
 	valid_tokens: {
 		description: """
-			Optional list of valid authorization tokens.
+			A list of valid authorization tokens.
 
 			If supplied, incoming requests must supply one of these tokens in the `Authorization` header, just as a client
 			would if it was communicating with the Splunk HEC endpoint directly.
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/syslog.cue b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/syslog.cue
index dd22384324fed..679a0fc6d2518 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/syslog.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/syslog.cue
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ base: components: sources: syslog: configuration: {
 		description: """
 			Unix file mode bits to be applied to the unix socket file as its designated file permissions.
 
-			Note: The file mode value can be specified in any numeric format supported by your configuration
+			The file mode value can be specified in any numeric format supported by your configuration
 			language, but it is most intuitive to use an octal number.
 			"""
 		relevant_when: "mode = \"unix\""
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/components/transforms/base/aws_ec2_metadata.cue b/website/cue/reference/components/transforms/base/aws_ec2_metadata.cue
index ed78aa4b1373c..de6895f194a1d 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/components/transforms/base/aws_ec2_metadata.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/components/transforms/base/aws_ec2_metadata.cue
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ base: components: transforms: aws_ec2_metadata: configuration: {
 
 			Configure to proxy traffic through an HTTP(S) proxy when making external requests.
 
-			Similar to common proxy configuration convention, users can set different proxies
+			Similar to common proxy configuration convention, you can set different proxies
 			to use based on the type of traffic being proxied, as well as set specific hosts that
 			should not be proxied.
 			"""