diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-indirect-tracing-workaround-diagnostic.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-indirect-tracing-workaround-diagnostic.yml
index 5fba3265d..d316c01f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-indirect-tracing-workaround-diagnostic.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-indirect-tracing-workaround-diagnostic.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #     (cd pr-checks; pip install ruamel.yaml@0.17.31 && python3 sync.py)
 # to regenerate this file.
 
-name: 'PR Check - Go: workaround for indirect tracing'
+name: 'PR Check - Go: diagnostic when Go is changed after init step'
 env:
   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
   GO111MODULE: auto
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         include:
         - os: ubuntu-latest
           version: stable-v2.14.6
-    name: 'Go: workaround for indirect tracing'
+    name: 'Go: diagnostic when Go is changed after init step'
     permissions:
       contents: read
       security-events: write
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-indirect-tracing-workaround-diagnostic.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-indirect-tracing-workaround-diagnostic.yml
index e59447599..4a36199ec 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-indirect-tracing-workaround-diagnostic.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-indirect-tracing-workaround-diagnostic.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-name: "Go: workaround for indirect tracing"
-description: "Checks that our workaround for indirect tracing for Go 1.21+ on Linux works"
+name: "Go: diagnostic when Go is changed after init step"
+description: "Checks that we emit a diagnostic if Go is changed after the init step"
 # only Linux is affected
 operatingSystems: ["ubuntu"]
 # pinned to a version which does not support statically linked binaries for indirect tracing