diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/usage/collector.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/usage/collector.ts
index af54622911d71c..a56de755f7dec7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/usage/collector.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/usage/collector.ts
@@ -250,43 +250,172 @@ export const registerCollector: RegisterCollector = ({
         ml_jobs: {
           type: 'array',
           items: {
-            job_id: { type: 'keyword' },
-            open_time: { type: 'keyword' },
-            create_time: { type: 'keyword' },
-            finished_time: { type: 'keyword' },
-            state: { type: 'keyword' },
+            job_id: {
+              type: 'keyword',
+              _meta: { description: 'Identifier for the anomaly detection job' },
+            },
+            open_time: {
+              type: 'keyword',
+              _meta: {
+                description: 'For open jobs only, the elapsed time for which the job has been open',
+              },
+            },
+            create_time: {
+              type: 'keyword',
+              _meta: { description: 'The time the job was created' },
+            },
+            finished_time: {
+              type: 'keyword',
+              _meta: {
+                description: 'If the job closed or failed, this is the time the job finished',
+              },
+            },
+            state: {
+              type: 'keyword',
+              _meta: { description: 'The status of the anomaly detection job' },
+            },
             data_counts: {
-              bucket_count: { type: 'long' },
-              empty_bucket_count: { type: 'long' },
-              input_bytes: { type: 'long' },
-              input_record_count: { type: 'long' },
-              last_data_time: { type: 'long' },
-              processed_record_count: { type: 'long' },
+              bucket_count: {
+                type: 'long',
+                _meta: { description: 'The number of buckets processed' },
+              },
+              empty_bucket_count: {
+                type: 'long',
+                _meta: { description: 'The number of buckets which did not contain any data' },
+              },
+              input_bytes: {
+                type: 'long',
+                _meta: {
+                  description:
+                    'The number of bytes of input data posted to the anomaly detection job',
+                },
+              },
+              input_record_count: {
+                type: 'long',
+                _meta: {
+                  description: 'The number of input documents posted to the anomaly detection job',
+                },
+              },
+              last_data_time: {
+                type: 'long',
+                _meta: {
+                  description:
+                    'The timestamp at which data was last analyzed, according to server time',
+                },
+              },
+              processed_record_count: {
+                type: 'long',
+                _meta: {
+                  description:
+                    'The number of input documents that have been processed by the anomaly detection job',
+                },
+              },
             },
             model_size_stats: {
-              bucket_allocation_failures_count: { type: 'long' },
-              model_bytes: { type: 'long' },
-              model_bytes_exceeded: { type: 'long' },
-              model_bytes_memory_limit: { type: 'long' },
-              peak_model_bytes: { type: 'long' },
+              bucket_allocation_failures_count: {
+                type: 'long',
+                _meta: {
+                  description:
+                    'The number of buckets for which new entities in incoming data were not processed due to insufficient model memory',
+                },
+              },
+              model_bytes: {
+                type: 'long',
+                _meta: { description: 'The number of bytes of memory used by the models' },
+              },
+              model_bytes_exceeded: {
+                type: 'long',
+                _meta: {
+                  description:
+                    'The number of bytes over the high limit for memory usage at the last allocation failure',
+                },
+              },
+              model_bytes_memory_limit: {
+                type: 'long',
+                _meta: {
+                  description:
+                    'The upper limit for model memory usage, checked on increasing values',
+                },
+              },
+              peak_model_bytes: {
+                type: 'long',
+                _meta: {
+                  description: 'The peak number of bytes of memory ever used by the models',
+                },
+              },
             },
             timing_stats: {
-              bucket_count: { type: 'long' },
-              exponential_average_bucket_processing_time_ms: { type: 'long' },
-              exponential_average_bucket_processing_time_per_hour_ms: { type: 'long' },
-              maximum_bucket_processing_time_ms: { type: 'long' },
-              minimum_bucket_processing_time_ms: { type: 'long' },
-              total_bucket_processing_time_ms: { type: 'long' },
+              bucket_count: {
+                type: 'long',
+                _meta: { description: 'The number of buckets processed' },
+              },
+              exponential_average_bucket_processing_time_ms: {
+                type: 'long',
+                _meta: {
+                  description:
+                    'Exponential moving average of all bucket processing times, in milliseconds',
+                },
+              },
+              exponential_average_bucket_processing_time_per_hour_ms: {
+                type: 'long',
+                _meta: {
+                  description:
+                    'Exponentially-weighted moving average of bucket processing times calculated in a 1 hour time window, in milliseconds',
+                },
+              },
+              maximum_bucket_processing_time_ms: {
+                type: 'long',
+                _meta: {
+                  description: 'Maximum among all bucket processing times, in milliseconds',
+                },
+              },
+              minimum_bucket_processing_time_ms: {
+                type: 'long',
+                _meta: {
+                  description: 'Minimum among all bucket processing times, in milliseconds',
+                },
+              },
+              total_bucket_processing_time_ms: {
+                type: 'long',
+                _meta: { description: 'Sum of all bucket processing times, in milliseconds' },
+              },
             },
             datafeed: {
-              datafeed_id: { type: 'keyword' },
-              state: { type: 'keyword' },
+              datafeed_id: {
+                type: 'keyword',
+                _meta: {
+                  description: 'A numerical character string that uniquely identifies the datafeed',
+                },
+              },
+              state: {
+                type: 'keyword',
+                _meta: { description: 'The status of the datafeed' },
+              },
               timing_stats: {
-                average_search_time_per_bucket_ms: { type: 'long' },
-                bucket_count: { type: 'long' },
-                exponential_average_search_time_per_hour_ms: { type: 'long' },
-                search_count: { type: 'long' },
-                total_search_time_ms: { type: 'long' },
+                average_search_time_per_bucket_ms: {
+                  type: 'long',
+                  _meta: { description: 'The average search time per bucket, in milliseconds' },
+                },
+                bucket_count: {
+                  type: 'long',
+                  _meta: { description: 'The number of buckets processed' },
+                },
+                exponential_average_search_time_per_hour_ms: {
+                  type: 'long',
+                  _meta: {
+                    description: 'The exponential average search time per hour, in milliseconds',
+                  },
+                },
+                search_count: {
+                  type: 'long',
+                  _meta: { description: 'The number of searches run by the datafeed' },
+                },
+                total_search_time_ms: {
+                  type: 'long',
+                  _meta: {
+                    description: 'The total time the datafeed spent searching, in milliseconds',
+                  },
+                },
               },
             },
           },
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/schema/xpack_plugins.json b/x-pack/plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/schema/xpack_plugins.json
index 8a70badf4e6262..29b32f956a49be 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/schema/xpack_plugins.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/schema/xpack_plugins.json
@@ -5018,107 +5018,194 @@
               "items": {
                 "properties": {
                   "job_id": {
-                    "type": "keyword"
+                    "type": "keyword",
+                    "_meta": {
+                      "description": "Identifier for the anomaly detection job"
+                    }
                   },
                   "open_time": {
-                    "type": "keyword"
+                    "type": "keyword",
+                    "_meta": {
+                      "description": "For open jobs only, the elapsed time for which the job has been open"
+                    }
                   },
                   "create_time": {
-                    "type": "keyword"
+                    "type": "keyword",
+                    "_meta": {
+                      "description": "The time the job was created"
+                    }
                   },
                   "finished_time": {
-                    "type": "keyword"
+                    "type": "keyword",
+                    "_meta": {
+                      "description": "If the job closed or failed, this is the time the job finished"
+                    }
                   },
                   "state": {
-                    "type": "keyword"
+                    "type": "keyword",
+                    "_meta": {
+                      "description": "The status of the anomaly detection job"
+                    }
                   },
                   "data_counts": {
                     "properties": {
                       "bucket_count": {
-                        "type": "long"
+                        "type": "long",
+                        "_meta": {
+                          "description": "The number of buckets processed"
+                        }
                       },
                       "empty_bucket_count": {
-                        "type": "long"
+                        "type": "long",
+                        "_meta": {
+                          "description": "The number of buckets which did not contain any data"
+                        }
                       },
                       "input_bytes": {
-                        "type": "long"
+                        "type": "long",
+                        "_meta": {
+                          "description": "The number of bytes of input data posted to the anomaly detection job"
+                        }
                       },
                       "input_record_count": {
-                        "type": "long"
+                        "type": "long",
+                        "_meta": {
+                          "description": "The number of input documents posted to the anomaly detection job"
+                        }
                       },
                       "last_data_time": {
-                        "type": "long"
+                        "type": "long",
+                        "_meta": {
+                          "description": "The timestamp at which data was last analyzed, according to server time"
+                        }
                       },
                       "processed_record_count": {
-                        "type": "long"
+                        "type": "long",
+                        "_meta": {
+                          "description": "The number of input documents that have been processed by the anomaly detection job"
+                        }
                       }
                     }
                   },
                   "model_size_stats": {
                     "properties": {
                       "bucket_allocation_failures_count": {
-                        "type": "long"
+                        "type": "long",
+                        "_meta": {
+                          "description": "The number of buckets for which new entities in incoming data were not processed due to insufficient model memory"
+                        }
                       },
                       "model_bytes": {
-                        "type": "long"
+                        "type": "long",
+                        "_meta": {
+                          "description": "The number of bytes of memory used by the models"
+                        }
                       },
                       "model_bytes_exceeded": {
-                        "type": "long"
+                        "type": "long",
+                        "_meta": {
+                          "description": "The number of bytes over the high limit for memory usage at the last allocation failure"
+                        }
                       },
                       "model_bytes_memory_limit": {
-                        "type": "long"
+                        "type": "long",
+                        "_meta": {
+                          "description": "The upper limit for model memory usage, checked on increasing values"
+                        }
                       },
                       "peak_model_bytes": {
-                        "type": "long"
+                        "type": "long",
+                        "_meta": {
+                          "description": "The peak number of bytes of memory ever used by the models"
+                        }
                       }
                     }
                   },
                   "timing_stats": {
                     "properties": {
                       "bucket_count": {
-                        "type": "long"
+                        "type": "long",
+                        "_meta": {
+                          "description": "The number of buckets processed"
+                        }
                       },
                       "exponential_average_bucket_processing_time_ms": {
-                        "type": "long"
+                        "type": "long",
+                        "_meta": {
+                          "description": "Exponential moving average of all bucket processing times, in milliseconds"
+                        }
                       },
                       "exponential_average_bucket_processing_time_per_hour_ms": {
-                        "type": "long"
+                        "type": "long",
+                        "_meta": {
+                          "description": "Exponentially-weighted moving average of bucket processing times calculated in a 1 hour time window, in milliseconds"
+                        }
                       },
                       "maximum_bucket_processing_time_ms": {
-                        "type": "long"
+                        "type": "long",
+                        "_meta": {
+                          "description": "Maximum among all bucket processing times, in milliseconds"
+                        }
                       },
                       "minimum_bucket_processing_time_ms": {
-                        "type": "long"
+                        "type": "long",
+                        "_meta": {
+                          "description": "Minimum among all bucket processing times, in milliseconds"
+                        }
                       },
                       "total_bucket_processing_time_ms": {
-                        "type": "long"
+                        "type": "long",
+                        "_meta": {
+                          "description": "Sum of all bucket processing times, in milliseconds"
+                        }
                       }
                     }
                   },
                   "datafeed": {
                     "properties": {
                       "datafeed_id": {
-                        "type": "keyword"
+                        "type": "keyword",
+                        "_meta": {
+                          "description": "A numerical character string that uniquely identifies the datafeed"
+                        }
                       },
                       "state": {
-                        "type": "keyword"
+                        "type": "keyword",
+                        "_meta": {
+                          "description": "The status of the datafeed"
+                        }
                       },
                       "timing_stats": {
                         "properties": {
                           "average_search_time_per_bucket_ms": {
-                            "type": "long"
+                            "type": "long",
+                            "_meta": {
+                              "description": "The average search time per bucket, in milliseconds"
+                            }
                           },
                           "bucket_count": {
-                            "type": "long"
+                            "type": "long",
+                            "_meta": {
+                              "description": "The number of buckets processed"
+                            }
                           },
                           "exponential_average_search_time_per_hour_ms": {
-                            "type": "long"
+                            "type": "long",
+                            "_meta": {
+                              "description": "The exponential average search time per hour, in milliseconds"
+                            }
                           },
                           "search_count": {
-                            "type": "long"
+                            "type": "long",
+                            "_meta": {
+                              "description": "The number of searches run by the datafeed"
+                            }
                           },
                           "total_search_time_ms": {
-                            "type": "long"
+                            "type": "long",
+                            "_meta": {
+                              "description": "The total time the datafeed spent searching, in milliseconds"
+                            }
                           }
                         }
                       }