diff --git a/app/graphql/types/project_type.rb b/app/graphql/types/project_type.rb
index 3115a53e053dd5aa1097a2379ec35921e53e0597..8356e763be9672146090210132c926433443da04 100644
--- a/app/graphql/types/project_type.rb
+++ b/app/graphql/types/project_type.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class ProjectType < BaseObject
     markdown_field :description_html, null: true
 
     field :tag_list, GraphQL::STRING_TYPE, null: true,
-          description: 'List of project tags'
+          description: 'List of project topics (not Git tags)'
 
     field :ssh_url_to_repo, GraphQL::STRING_TYPE, null: true,
           description: 'URL to connect to the project via SSH'
diff --git a/doc/api/graphql/reference/gitlab_schema.graphql b/doc/api/graphql/reference/gitlab_schema.graphql
index 903ce9170b97e3713deeb3afe6cebd9a6837504c..9cdc83d584cd250a600ad0ffc76b192c453a5a1a 100644
--- a/doc/api/graphql/reference/gitlab_schema.graphql
+++ b/doc/api/graphql/reference/gitlab_schema.graphql
@@ -6842,7 +6842,7 @@ type Project {
   suggestionCommitMessage: String
 
   """
-  List of project tags
+  List of project topics (not Git tags)
   """
   tagList: String
 
diff --git a/doc/api/graphql/reference/gitlab_schema.json b/doc/api/graphql/reference/gitlab_schema.json
index bd9e62590fe327f4eb0fd39ecd62ea93b945ee37..26a2acdb4c6fec0008bf3d18cd6c09bfb2dcf4ac 100644
--- a/doc/api/graphql/reference/gitlab_schema.json
+++ b/doc/api/graphql/reference/gitlab_schema.json
@@ -20382,7 +20382,7 @@
             },
             {
               "name": "tagList",
-              "description": "List of project tags",
+              "description": "List of project topics (not Git tags)",
               "args": [
 
               ],
diff --git a/doc/api/graphql/reference/index.md b/doc/api/graphql/reference/index.md
index 5ca3c5ff9fede06747df307872eb3be961252666..4d3d77ba35fd45e86bb3d11f8f3b5428dafcc3e2 100644
--- a/doc/api/graphql/reference/index.md
+++ b/doc/api/graphql/reference/index.md
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ Information about pagination in a connection.
 | `starCount` | Int! | Number of times the project has been starred |
 | `statistics` | ProjectStatistics | Statistics of the project |
 | `suggestionCommitMessage` | String | The commit message used to apply merge request suggestions |
-| `tagList` | String | List of project tags |
+| `tagList` | String | List of project topics (not Git tags) |
 | `userPermissions` | ProjectPermissions! | Permissions for the current user on the resource |
 | `visibility` | String | Visibility of the project |
 | `vulnerabilitySeveritiesCount` | VulnerabilitySeveritiesCount | Counts for each severity of vulnerability of the project. Available only when feature flag `first_class_vulnerabilities` is enabled |