diff --git a/src/components/Upload/UploadProgress/inProgressSection.tsx b/src/components/Upload/UploadProgress/inProgressSection.tsx
index 4c7ca6ea8..5266ce738 100644
--- a/src/components/Upload/UploadProgress/inProgressSection.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Upload/UploadProgress/inProgressSection.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ export const InProgressSection = () => {
     return (
         <UploadProgressSection>
             <UploadProgressSectionTitle expandIcon={<ExpandMoreIcon />}>
-                {constants.INPROGRESS_UPLOADS}
+                {uploadStage === UPLOAD_STAGES.EXTRACTING_METADATA
+                    ? constants.INPROGRESS_METADATA_EXTRACTION
+                    : constants.INPROGRESS_UPLOADS}
             </UploadProgressSectionTitle>
             <UploadProgressSectionContent>
                 {hasLivePhotos && (
diff --git a/src/utils/strings/englishConstants.tsx b/src/utils/strings/englishConstants.tsx
index ce2af3f7e..c24ba409d 100644
--- a/src/utils/strings/englishConstants.tsx
+++ b/src/utils/strings/englishConstants.tsx
@@ -544,7 +544,8 @@ const englishConstants = {
         'Skipped these as there are files with matching names in the same album',
     UNSUPPORTED_INFO: 'ente does not support these file formats yet',
     BLOCKED_UPLOADS: 'Blocked uploads',
-    INPROGRESS_UPLOADS: 'In progress',
+    INPROGRESS_METADATA_EXTRACTION: 'In progress',
+    INPROGRESS_UPLOADS: 'Uploads in progress',
     TOO_LARGE_UPLOADS: 'Large files',
     LARGER_THAN_AVAILABLE_STORAGE_UPLOADS: 'Insufficient storage',
     LARGER_THAN_AVAILABLE_STORAGE_INFO: