diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/ingest_pipeline/helpers.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/ingest_pipeline/helpers.test.ts
index ebffc0064b989..d759dec042247 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/ingest_pipeline/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/ingest_pipeline/helpers.test.ts
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ processors:
     });
 
     expect(pipelineInstall.contentForInstallation).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
-      `"{\\"processors\\":[{\\"set\\":{\\"field\\":\\"test\\",\\"value\\":\\"toto\\"}},{\\"pipeline\\":{\\"name\\":\\"global@custom\\",\\"ignore_missing_pipeline\\":true}},{\\"pipeline\\":{\\"name\\":\\"logs@custom\\",\\"ignore_missing_pipeline\\":true}},{\\"pipeline\\":{\\"name\\":\\"logs-test@custom\\",\\"ignore_missing_pipeline\\":true}}]}"`
+      `"{\\"processors\\":[{\\"set\\":{\\"field\\":\\"test\\",\\"value\\":\\"toto\\"}},{\\"pipeline\\":{\\"name\\":\\"global@custom\\",\\"ignore_missing_pipeline\\":true,\\"description\\":\\"[Fleet] Global pipeline for all data streams\\"}},{\\"pipeline\\":{\\"name\\":\\"logs@custom\\",\\"ignore_missing_pipeline\\":true,\\"description\\":\\"[Fleet] Pipeline for all data streams of type \`logs\`\\"}},{\\"pipeline\\":{\\"name\\":\\"logs-test@custom\\",\\"ignore_missing_pipeline\\":true,\\"description\\":\\"[Fleet] Pipeline for the \`test\` dataset\\"}}]}"`
     );
   });
 
@@ -231,12 +231,15 @@ processors:
           - pipeline:
               name: global@custom
               ignore_missing_pipeline: true
+              description: '[Fleet] Global pipeline for all data streams'
           - pipeline:
               name: logs@custom
               ignore_missing_pipeline: true
+              description: '[Fleet] Pipeline for all data streams of type \`logs\`'
           - pipeline:
               name: logs-test.access@custom
               ignore_missing_pipeline: true
+              description: '[Fleet] Pipeline for the \`test.access\` dataset'
           - reroute:
               tag: test.access
               dataset: test.reroute
@@ -280,7 +283,7 @@ processors:
       });
 
       expect(pipelineInstall.contentForInstallation).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
-        `"{\\"processors\\":[{\\"set\\":{\\"field\\":\\"test\\",\\"value\\":\\"toto\\"}},{\\"pipeline\\":{\\"name\\":\\"global@custom\\",\\"ignore_missing_pipeline\\":true}},{\\"pipeline\\":{\\"name\\":\\"logs@custom\\",\\"ignore_missing_pipeline\\":true}},{\\"pipeline\\":{\\"name\\":\\"logs-test.access@custom\\",\\"ignore_missing_pipeline\\":true}},{\\"reroute\\":{\\"tag\\":\\"test.access\\",\\"dataset\\":\\"test.reroute\\",\\"namespace\\":\\"default\\",\\"if\\":\\"true == true\\"}}]}"`
+        `"{\\"processors\\":[{\\"set\\":{\\"field\\":\\"test\\",\\"value\\":\\"toto\\"}},{\\"pipeline\\":{\\"name\\":\\"global@custom\\",\\"ignore_missing_pipeline\\":true,\\"description\\":\\"[Fleet] Global pipeline for all data streams\\"}},{\\"pipeline\\":{\\"name\\":\\"logs@custom\\",\\"ignore_missing_pipeline\\":true,\\"description\\":\\"[Fleet] Pipeline for all data streams of type \`logs\`\\"}},{\\"pipeline\\":{\\"name\\":\\"logs-test.access@custom\\",\\"ignore_missing_pipeline\\":true,\\"description\\":\\"[Fleet] Pipeline for the \`test.access\` dataset\\"}},{\\"reroute\\":{\\"tag\\":\\"test.access\\",\\"dataset\\":\\"test.reroute\\",\\"namespace\\":\\"default\\",\\"if\\":\\"true == true\\"}}]}"`
       );
     });
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/ingest_pipeline/helpers.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/ingest_pipeline/helpers.ts
index 9c244821fd013..28027093853bc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/ingest_pipeline/helpers.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/ingest_pipeline/helpers.ts
@@ -80,25 +80,30 @@ export function addCustomPipelineAndLocalRoutingRulesProcessor(
     pipeline.dataStream?.routing_rules?.find(
       (rule) => rule.source_dataset === pipeline.dataStream?.dataset
     )?.rules ?? [];
+
   const customPipelineProcessors = [
     {
       pipeline: {
         name: 'global@custom',
         ignore_missing_pipeline: true,
+        description: '[Fleet] Global pipeline for all data streams',
       },
     },
     {
       pipeline: {
         name: `${pipeline.dataStream.type}@custom`,
         ignore_missing_pipeline: true,
+        description: `[Fleet] Pipeline for all data streams of type \`${pipeline.dataStream.type}\``,
       },
     },
     ...(pipeline.dataStream.package
       ? [
           {
             pipeline: {
-              name: `${pipeline.dataStream.type}-${pipeline.dataStream.package}@custom`,
+              // This pipeline name gets the `.package` suffix to avoid conflicts with the pipeline name for the dataset below
+              name: `${pipeline.dataStream.type}-${pipeline.dataStream.package}.package@custom`,
               ignore_missing_pipeline: true,
+              description: `[Fleet] Pipeline for all data streams of type \`${pipeline.dataStream.type}\` defined by the \`${pipeline.dataStream.package}\` integration`,
             },
           },
         ]
@@ -107,6 +112,7 @@ export function addCustomPipelineAndLocalRoutingRulesProcessor(
       pipeline: {
         name: `${pipeline.dataStream.type}-${pipeline.dataStream.dataset}@custom`,
         ignore_missing_pipeline: true,
+        description: `[Fleet] Pipeline for the \`${pipeline.dataStream.dataset}\` dataset`,
       },
     },
   ];