diff --git a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/burndown_chart/components/burn_charts.vue b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/burndown_chart/components/burn_charts.vue
index f290e7e52b2d74027fd3992bd0be160fba8c5ad2..32b790191ad9861ba28af73e7b8184fc1098f251 100644
--- a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/burndown_chart/components/burn_charts.vue
+++ b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/burndown_chart/components/burn_charts.vue
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ export default {
     },
   },
   filterByOptions: [
-    { value: FILTER_BY_ISSUES, text: __('Issues'), props: { 'data-testid': 'issue-button' } },
+    { value: FILTER_BY_ISSUES, text: __('Issue count'), props: { 'data-testid': 'issue-button' } },
     {
       value: FILTER_BY_ISSUE_WEIGHT,
       text: __('Issue weight'),
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ export default {
 
 <template>
   <div>
-    <div class="burndown-header gl-display-flex gl-align-items-center gl-flex-wrap">
-      <strong ref="filterLabel">{{ __('Filter by') }}</strong>
+    <div class="burndown-header gl-display-flex gl-align-items-center gl-flex-wrap gl-gap-2">
+      <strong ref="filterLabel">{{ __('Display by') }}</strong>
       <segmented-control-button-group
         :value="filterBySelectedValue"
         :options="$options.filterByOptions"
diff --git a/ee/spec/frontend/burndown_chart/components/burn_charts_spec.js b/ee/spec/frontend/burndown_chart/components/burn_charts_spec.js
index c3642708dc3f1601ec1d54fc053f8f811fc6c7b8..35f74fc084a34db660338ffab9d391adf7c98fa3 100644
--- a/ee/spec/frontend/burndown_chart/components/burn_charts_spec.js
+++ b/ee/spec/frontend/burndown_chart/components/burn_charts_spec.js
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ describe('burndown_chart', () => {
     createComponent();
 
     expect(findFilterByControl().props('options')).toEqual([
-      { value: 'issues', text: 'Issues', props: { 'data-testid': 'issue-button' } },
+      { value: 'issues', text: 'Issue count', props: { 'data-testid': 'issue-button' } },
       { value: 'issue_weight', text: 'Issue weight', props: { 'data-testid': 'weight-button' } },
     ]);
   });
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ describe('burndown_chart', () => {
   it('sets section title and chart title correctly', () => {
     createComponent();
 
-    expect(findFilterLabel().text()).toBe('Filter by');
+    expect(findFilterLabel().text()).toBe('Display by');
     expect(findBurndownChart().props().showTitle).toBe(true);
   });
 
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index c93aafa99e7be74523d7f02bd4dee430636db551..e6c1cc793bb818facda5a349077e279d8963180e 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -18124,6 +18124,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Display blame info"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Display by"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Display milestones"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -21188,9 +21191,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Filter activity"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Filter by"
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "Filter by %{page_context_word} that are currently open."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -26893,6 +26893,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Issue cannot be found."
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Issue count"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Issue created from vulnerability %{vulnerability_link}"
 msgstr ""