diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/EnhancedPBR.materialtype b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/EnhancedPBR.materialtype
index ff0c4c59da..c635f94d56 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/EnhancedPBR.materialtype
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/EnhancedPBR.materialtype
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@
                 {
                     "id": "pdo",
                     "displayName": "Pixel Depth Offset",
-                    "description": "Whether to enable the pixel depth offset feature.",
+                    "description": "Enable PDO to offset the original pixel depths. This will affect any shaders using depth, for example, when receiving shadows.",
                     "type": "Bool",
                     "defaultValue": false,
                     "connection": {
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/StandardMultilayerPBR.materialtype b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/StandardMultilayerPBR.materialtype
index c07eac3d47..d9a21e7662 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/StandardMultilayerPBR.materialtype
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/StandardMultilayerPBR.materialtype
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
                 {
                     "id": "pdo",
                     "displayName": "Pixel Depth Offset",
-                    "description": "Whether to enable the pixel depth offset feature.",
+                    "description": "Enable PDO to offset the original pixel depths. This will affect any shaders using depth, for example, when receiving shadows.",
                     "type": "Bool",
                     "defaultValue": false,
                     "connection": {
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/StandardPBR.materialtype b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/StandardPBR.materialtype
index 2d94f66edf..fd2c74dae0 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/StandardPBR.materialtype
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/StandardPBR.materialtype
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@
                 {
                     "id": "pdo",
                     "displayName": "Pixel Depth Offset",
-                    "description": "Whether to enable the pixel depth offset feature.",
+                    "description": "Enable PDO to offset the original pixel depths. This will affect any shaders using depth, for example, when receiving shadows.",
                     "type": "Bool",
                     "defaultValue": false,
                     "connection": {