diff --git a/spacy/cli/benchmark_speed.py b/spacy/cli/benchmark_speed.py
index 8cff0c353..c3456d8c8 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/benchmark_speed.py
+++ b/spacy/cli/benchmark_speed.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def print_mean_with_ci(sample: numpy.ndarray):
     low = bootstrap_means[int(len(bootstrap_means) * 0.025)]
     high = bootstrap_means[int(len(bootstrap_means) * 0.975)]
 
-    print(f"Mean: {mean:.1f} WPS (95% CI: {low-mean:.1f} +{high-mean:.1f})")
+    print(f"Mean: {mean:.1f} words/s (95% CI: {low-mean:.1f} +{high-mean:.1f})")
 
 
 def print_outliers(sample: numpy.ndarray):
diff --git a/website/docs/api/cli.mdx b/website/docs/api/cli.mdx
index f82359a09..5c691fee1 100644
--- a/website/docs/api/cli.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/api/cli.mdx
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ $ python -m spacy benchmark speed [model] [data_path] [--batch_size] [--no-shuff
 | `--batches`          | Number of batches to benchmark on. Defaults to `50`. ~~Optional[int] \(option)~~                         |
 | `--warmup`, `-w`     | Iterations over the benchmark data for warmup. Defaults to `3` ~~Optional[int] \(option)~~               |
 | `--help`, `-h`       | Show help message and available arguments. ~~bool (flag)~~                                               |
-| **PRINTS**           | Pipeline speed with 95% confidence interval.                                                             |
+| **PRINTS**           | Pipeline speed in words per second with a 95% confidence interval.                                       |
 
 ## apply {id="apply", version="3.5", tag="command"}