diff --git a/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Detail/PolicyScopeSection.tsx b/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Detail/PolicyScopeSection.tsx
index b25b665fc73f6..2c6ba1af8cbf9 100644
--- a/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Detail/PolicyScopeSection.tsx
+++ b/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Detail/PolicyScopeSection.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function PolicyScopeSection({ scope, exclusions }: PolicyScopeSectionProps): Rea
         <>
             {scope?.length !== 0 && (
                 <>
-                    <Title headingLevel="h3">Scope inclusions</Title>
+                    <Title headingLevel="h3">Included resources</Title>
                     <Grid hasGutter md={12} xl={6}>
                         {scope.map((restriction, index) => (
                             // eslint-disable-next-line react/no-array-index-key
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ function PolicyScopeSection({ scope, exclusions }: PolicyScopeSectionProps): Rea
             )}
             {excludedDeploymentScopes?.length !== 0 && (
                 <>
-                    <Title headingLevel="h3">Scope exclusions</Title>
+                    <Title headingLevel="h3">Excluded resources</Title>
                     <Grid hasGutter md={12} xl={6}>
                         {excludedDeploymentScopes.map((excludedDeployment, index) => (
                             // eslint-disable-next-line react/no-array-index-key
diff --git a/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/PolicyWizard.tsx b/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/PolicyWizard.tsx
index a42fb5fc35ec6..20124446d5022 100644
--- a/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/PolicyWizard.tsx
+++ b/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/PolicyWizard.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import type { ExtendedPageAction } from 'utils/queryStringUtils';
 import {
     POLICY_BEHAVIOR_ACTIONS_ID,
     POLICY_BEHAVIOR_ID,
-    POLICY_BEHAVIOR_SCOPE_ID,
+    POLICY_BEHAVIOR_RESOURCES_ID,
     POLICY_DEFINITION_DETAILS_ID,
     POLICY_DEFINITION_ID,
     POLICY_DEFINITION_LIFECYCLE_ID,
@@ -227,9 +227,9 @@ function PolicyWizard({ pageAction, policy }: PolicyWizardProps): ReactElement {
                             isExpandable
                             steps={[
                                 <WizardStep
-                                    name="Scope"
-                                    id={POLICY_BEHAVIOR_SCOPE_ID}
-                                    key={POLICY_BEHAVIOR_SCOPE_ID}
+                                    name="Resources"
+                                    id={POLICY_BEHAVIOR_RESOURCES_ID}
+                                    key={POLICY_BEHAVIOR_RESOURCES_ID}
                                     body={{ hasNoPadding: true }}
                                     footer={{ isNextDisabled: !isValidOnClient }}
                                 >
diff --git a/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/Step4/ExclusionScopeCard.tsx b/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/Step4/ExclusionScopeCard.tsx
index 6f6b00fe235fc..96891af183dae 100644
--- a/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/Step4/ExclusionScopeCard.tsx
+++ b/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/Step4/ExclusionScopeCard.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function ExclusionScopeCard({
     }));
 
     return (
-        <PolicyScopeCardBase title="Exclusion scope" onDelete={onDelete}>
+        <PolicyScopeCardBase title="Excluded resource" onDelete={onDelete}>
             <Form>
                 <FormGroup label="Cluster">
                     <Flex direction={{ default: 'column' }}>
diff --git a/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/Step4/InclusionScopeCard.tsx b/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/Step4/InclusionScopeCard.tsx
index 16edc0504d558..55426e1cbb8b6 100644
--- a/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/Step4/InclusionScopeCard.tsx
+++ b/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/Step4/InclusionScopeCard.tsx
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function InclusionScopeCard({
     }
 
     return (
-        <PolicyScopeCardBase title="Inclusion scope" onDelete={onDelete}>
+        <PolicyScopeCardBase title="Included resource" onDelete={onDelete}>
             <Form>
                 <FormGroup label="Cluster" role="radiogroup">
                     <Flex direction={{ default: 'column' }}>
diff --git a/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/Step4/PolicyScopeCardLegacy.tsx b/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/Step4/PolicyScopeCardLegacy.tsx
index 1028b358569df..474a491c902e2 100644
--- a/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/Step4/PolicyScopeCardLegacy.tsx
+++ b/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/Step4/PolicyScopeCardLegacy.tsx
@@ -111,7 +111,11 @@ function PolicyScopeCardLegacy({
                                 variant="plain"
                                 className="pf-v6-u-mr-md"
                                 onClick={onDelete}
-                                title={`Delete ${type} scope`}
+                                title={
+                                    type === 'inclusion'
+                                        ? 'Delete included resource'
+                                        : 'Delete excluded resource'
+                                }
                             />
                         </>
                     ),
@@ -120,7 +124,9 @@ function PolicyScopeCardLegacy({
                 }}
                 className="pf-v6-u-p-0"
             >
-                <CardTitle className="pf-v6-u-pl-lg">{type} scope</CardTitle>
+                <CardTitle className="pf-v6-u-pl-lg">
+                    {type === 'inclusion' ? 'Included resource' : 'Excluded resource'}
+                </CardTitle>
             </CardHeader>
             <Divider component="div" />
             <CardBody>
diff --git a/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/Step4/PolicyScopeForm.tsx b/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/Step4/PolicyScopeForm.tsx
index d9ddab3d8ce8d..5be2cf31c5aa0 100644
--- a/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/Step4/PolicyScopeForm.tsx
+++ b/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/Step4/PolicyScopeForm.tsx
@@ -34,11 +34,31 @@ import type { ClientPolicy } from 'types/policy.proto';
 import type { ListImage } from 'types/image.proto';
 import { getImages } from 'services/imageService';
 
+import ExternalLink from 'Components/PatternFly/IconText/ExternalLink';
+
 import { initialExcludedDeployment, initialScope } from '../../policies.utils';
 import PolicyScopeCardLegacy from './PolicyScopeCardLegacy';
 import InclusionScopeCard from './InclusionScopeCard';
 import ExclusionScopeCard from './ExclusionScopeCard';
 
+function PolicyScopeRE2Description(): ReactElement {
+    return (
+        <div>
+            Every field except Cluster can use RE2 matching. Empty fields apply to all values (no
+            filter).{' '}
+            <ExternalLink>
+                <a
+                    href="https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/syntax"
+                    target="_blank"
+                    rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                >
+                    Learn how to use regex here
+                </a>
+            </ExternalLink>
+        </div>
+    );
+}
+
 function PolicyScopeForm(): ReactElement {
     const [isExcludeImagesOpen, setIsExcludeImagesOpen] = useState(false);
     const [filterValue, setFilterValue] = useState('');
@@ -119,10 +139,9 @@ function PolicyScopeForm(): ReactElement {
     return (
         <Flex direction={{ default: 'column' }} spaceItems={{ default: 'spaceItemsNone' }}>
             <FlexItem flex={{ default: 'flex_1' }} className="pf-v6-u-p-lg">
-                <Title headingLevel="h2">Scope</Title>
+                <Title headingLevel="h2">Resources</Title>
                 <div className="pf-v6-u-mt-sm">
-                    Create scopes to restrict or exclude your policy from entities within your
-                    environment.
+                    Configure the resources to be applied to, or excluded from this policy.
                 </div>
             </FlexItem>
             <Divider component="div" />
@@ -131,19 +150,21 @@ function PolicyScopeForm(): ReactElement {
                     className="pf-v6-u-mt-lg pf-v6-u-mx-lg"
                     isInline
                     variant="info"
-                    title="The selected event source does not support scoping."
+                    title="The selected event source does not support resource targeting."
                     component="p"
                 />
             )}
             <Flex direction={{ default: 'column' }} className="pf-v6-u-p-lg">
                 <Flex>
                     <FlexItem flex={{ default: 'flex_1' }}>
-                        <Title headingLevel="h3">Restrict by scope</Title>
-                        <div className="pf-v6-u-mt-sm">
-                            Use Restrict by scope to enable this policy only for a specific cluster,
-                            namespace, or deployment label. You can add multiple scopes and also use
-                            regular expressions (RE2 syntax) for namespaces and deployment labels.
-                        </div>
+                        <Flex direction={{ default: 'column' }}>
+                            <Title headingLevel="h3">Included resources</Title>
+                            <div>
+                                Define which clusters, namespaces, and deployments this policy
+                                evaluates. If no inclusions are added, all resources are included.
+                            </div>
+                            <PolicyScopeRE2Description />
+                        </Flex>
                     </FlexItem>
                     <FlexItem className="pf-v6-u-pr-md" alignSelf={{ default: 'alignSelfCenter' }}>
                         <Button
@@ -151,7 +172,7 @@ function PolicyScopeForm(): ReactElement {
                             onClick={addNewInclusionScope}
                             isDisabled={isAllScopingDisabled}
                         >
-                            Add inclusion scope
+                            Add inclusion
                         </Button>
                     </FlexItem>
                 </Flex>
@@ -187,13 +208,15 @@ function PolicyScopeForm(): ReactElement {
             <Flex direction={{ default: 'column' }} className="pf-v6-u-p-lg">
                 <Flex>
                     <FlexItem flex={{ default: 'flex_1' }}>
-                        <Title headingLevel="h3">Exclude by scope</Title>
-                        <div className="pf-v6-u-mt-sm">
-                            Use Exclude by scope to exclude entities from your policy. This function
-                            is only available for Deploy and Runtime lifecycle stages. You can add
-                            multiple scopes and also use regular expressions (RE2 syntax) for
-                            namespaces and deployment labels.
-                        </div>
+                        <Flex direction={{ default: 'column' }}>
+                            <Title headingLevel="h3">Excluded resources</Title>
+                            <div>
+                                Excluded resources define what this policy will not evaluate. They
+                                narrow the result of your inclusions (or all resources, if you added
+                                none).
+                            </div>
+                            <PolicyScopeRE2Description />
+                        </Flex>
                     </FlexItem>
                     <FlexItem className="pf-v6-u-pr-md" alignSelf={{ default: 'alignSelfCenter' }}>
                         <Button
@@ -201,7 +224,7 @@ function PolicyScopeForm(): ReactElement {
                             isDisabled={!hasDeployOrRuntimeLifecycle || isAllScopingDisabled}
                             onClick={addNewExclusionDeploymentScope}
                         >
-                            Add exclusion scope
+                            Add exclusion
                         </Button>
                     </FlexItem>
                 </Flex>
diff --git a/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/policyValidationSchemas.ts b/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/policyValidationSchemas.ts
index bc3f52c2e856b..26d8c5461c351 100644
--- a/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/policyValidationSchemas.ts
+++ b/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/Wizard/policyValidationSchemas.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { ClientPolicy } from 'types/policy.proto';
 
 import {
     POLICY_BEHAVIOR_ACTIONS_ID,
-    POLICY_BEHAVIOR_SCOPE_ID,
+    POLICY_BEHAVIOR_RESOURCES_ID,
     POLICY_DEFINITION_DETAILS_ID,
     POLICY_DEFINITION_LIFECYCLE_ID,
     POLICY_DEFINITION_RULES_ID,
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ export const validationSchemaStep4: yup.ObjectSchema<WizardPolicyStep4> = yup.ob
                 })
                 .test(
                     'scope-has-at-least-one-property',
-                    'Scope must have at least one property',
+                    'Each included resource must have at least one field populated',
                     (scope) =>
                         Boolean(
                             scope?.cluster.trim() ||
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ export const validationSchemaStep4: yup.ObjectSchema<WizardPolicyStep4> = yup.ob
                 })
                 .test(
                     'excluded-scope-has-at-least-one-property',
-                    'Excluded scope must have at least one property',
+                    'Each excluded resource must have at least one field populated',
                     (value) =>
                         Boolean(
                             value?.name.trim() ||
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ export function getValidationSchema(stepId: number | string): yup.Schema {
             return validationSchemaStep2;
         case POLICY_DEFINITION_RULES_ID:
             return validationSchemaStep3;
-        case POLICY_BEHAVIOR_SCOPE_ID:
+        case POLICY_BEHAVIOR_RESOURCES_ID:
             return validationSchemaStep4;
         case POLICY_BEHAVIOR_ACTIONS_ID:
             return validationSchemaStep5;
diff --git a/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/policies.constants.ts b/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/policies.constants.ts
index 5fc5177f0f313..24527f68a7f0d 100644
--- a/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/policies.constants.ts
+++ b/ui/apps/platform/src/Containers/Policies/policies.constants.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ export const POLICY_DEFINITION_DETAILS_ID = 'policy-definition-details';
 export const POLICY_DEFINITION_LIFECYCLE_ID = 'policy-definition-lifecycle';
 export const POLICY_DEFINITION_RULES_ID = 'policy-definition-rules';
 export const POLICY_BEHAVIOR_ID = 'policy-behavior';
-export const POLICY_BEHAVIOR_SCOPE_ID = 'policy-behavior-scope';
+export const POLICY_BEHAVIOR_RESOURCES_ID = 'policy-behavior-resources';
 export const POLICY_BEHAVIOR_ACTIONS_ID = 'policy-behavior-actions';
 export const POLICY_REVIEW_ID = 'policy-review';