diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/monitoring_collection/server/routes/api/v1/dynamic_route/get_metrics_by_type.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/monitoring_collection/server/routes/api/v1/dynamic_route/get_metrics_by_type.ts
index 0bc0bc5ed0803..0c424ec3ce319 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/monitoring_collection/server/routes/api/v1/dynamic_route/get_metrics_by_type.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/monitoring_collection/server/routes/api/v1/dynamic_route/get_metrics_by_type.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export function registerDynamicRoute({
       security: {
         authz: {
           enabled: false,
-          reason: 'This route is opted out from authorization',
+          reason: 'This route is opted out from authorization because it is only retrieving the ES cluster UUID',
         },
       },
       options: {
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/monitoring_collection/server/routes/api/v1/prometheus/get_metrics.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/monitoring_collection/server/routes/api/v1/prometheus/get_metrics.ts
index a783e6096b52b..bf71dc1e2f31a 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/monitoring_collection/server/routes/api/v1/prometheus/get_metrics.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/monitoring_collection/server/routes/api/v1/prometheus/get_metrics.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export function registerV1PrometheusRoute({
       security: {
         authz: {
           enabled: false,
-          reason: 'This route is opted out from authorization',
+          reason: 'This route is opted out from authorization because it is not interacting with ES at all',
         },
       },
       options: {