diff --git a/packages/edit-post/src/components/preferences-modal/index.js b/packages/edit-post/src/components/preferences-modal/index.js
index eec907a073ed62..3a536a74140bde 100644
--- a/packages/edit-post/src/components/preferences-modal/index.js
+++ b/packages/edit-post/src/components/preferences-modal/index.js
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ export default function PreferencesModal() {
 					<>
 						{ isLargeViewport && (
 							<Section
-								title={ __( 'Choose your own experience' ) }
+								title={ __( 'Publishing' ) }
+								description={ __(
+									'Change options related to publishing.'
+								) }
 							>
 								<EnablePublishSidebarOption
 									help={ __(
@@ -94,7 +97,12 @@ export default function PreferencesModal() {
 							</Section>
 						) }
 
-						<Section title={ __( 'Decide what to focus on' ) }>
+						<Section
+							title={ __( 'Appearance' ) }
+							description={ __(
+								'Customize options related to the block editor interface and editing flow.'
+							) }
+						>
 							<EnableFeature
 								featureName="reducedUI"
 								help={ __(
@@ -109,6 +117,18 @@ export default function PreferencesModal() {
 								) }
 								label={ __( 'Spotlight mode' ) }
 							/>
+							<EnableFeature
+								featureName="showIconLabels"
+								help={ __( 'Shows text instead of icons.' ) }
+								label={ __( 'Display button labels' ) }
+							/>
+							<EnableFeature
+								featureName="themeStyles"
+								help={ __(
+									'Make the editor look like your theme.'
+								) }
+								label={ __( 'Use theme styles' ) }
+							/>
 							{ showBlockBreadcrumbsOption && (
 								<EnableFeature
 									featureName="showBlockBreadcrumbs"
@@ -122,36 +142,15 @@ export default function PreferencesModal() {
 					</>
 				),
 			},
-			{
-				name: 'appearance',
-				tabLabel: __( 'Appearance' ),
-				content: (
-					<Section title={ __( 'Choose the way it looks' ) }>
-						<EnableFeature
-							featureName="showIconLabels"
-							help={ __(
-								'Shows text instead of icons in toolbar.'
-							) }
-							label={ __( 'Display button labels' ) }
-						/>
-						<EnableFeature
-							featureName="themeStyles"
-							help={ __(
-								'Make the editor look like your theme.'
-							) }
-							label={ __( 'Use theme styles' ) }
-						/>
-					</Section>
-				),
-			},
 			{
 				name: 'blocks',
 				tabLabel: __( 'Blocks' ),
 				content: (
 					<>
 						<Section
-							title={ __(
-								'Choose how you interact with blocks'
+							title={ __( 'Block interactions' ) }
+							description={ __(
+								'Customize how you interact with blocks in the block library and editing canvas.'
 							) }
 						>
 							<EnableFeature
diff --git a/packages/edit-post/src/components/preferences-modal/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap b/packages/edit-post/src/components/preferences-modal/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
index 93b38fe63759ae..5e96f24c36fef3 100644
--- a/packages/edit-post/src/components/preferences-modal/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
+++ b/packages/edit-post/src/components/preferences-modal/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ exports[`PreferencesModal should match snapshot when the modal is active large v
           "name": "general",
           "title": "General",
         },
-        Object {
-          "name": "appearance",
-          "title": "Appearance",
-        },
         Object {
           "name": "blocks",
           "title": "Blocks",
@@ -56,11 +52,6 @@ exports[`PreferencesModal should match snapshot when the modal is active small v
         navigateToMenu="general"
         title="General"
       />
-      <NavigationItem
-        key="appearance"
-        navigateToMenu="appearance"
-        title="Appearance"
-      />
       <NavigationItem
         key="blocks"
         navigateToMenu="blocks"
@@ -80,7 +71,8 @@ exports[`PreferencesModal should match snapshot when the modal is active small v
     >
       <NavigationItem>
         <Section
-          title="Decide what to focus on"
+          description="Customize options related to the block editor interface and editing flow."
+          title="Appearance"
         >
           <WithSelect(WithDispatch(BaseOption))
             featureName="reducedUI"
@@ -92,27 +84,9 @@ exports[`PreferencesModal should match snapshot when the modal is active small v
             help="Highlights the current block and fades other content."
             label="Spotlight mode"
           />
-          <WithSelect(WithDispatch(BaseOption))
-            featureName="showBlockBreadcrumbs"
-            help="Shows block breadcrumbs at the bottom of the editor."
-            label="Display block breadcrumbs"
-          />
-        </Section>
-      </NavigationItem>
-    </NavigationMenu>
-    <NavigationMenu
-      key="appearance-menu"
-      menu="appearance"
-      parentMenu="preferences-menu"
-      title="Appearance"
-    >
-      <NavigationItem>
-        <Section
-          title="Choose the way it looks"
-        >
           <WithSelect(WithDispatch(BaseOption))
             featureName="showIconLabels"
-            help="Shows text instead of icons in toolbar."
+            help="Shows text instead of icons."
             label="Display button labels"
           />
           <WithSelect(WithDispatch(BaseOption))
@@ -120,6 +94,11 @@ exports[`PreferencesModal should match snapshot when the modal is active small v
             help="Make the editor look like your theme."
             label="Use theme styles"
           />
+          <WithSelect(WithDispatch(BaseOption))
+            featureName="showBlockBreadcrumbs"
+            help="Shows block breadcrumbs at the bottom of the editor."
+            label="Display block breadcrumbs"
+          />
         </Section>
       </NavigationItem>
     </NavigationMenu>
@@ -131,7 +110,8 @@ exports[`PreferencesModal should match snapshot when the modal is active small v
     >
       <NavigationItem>
         <Section
-          title="Choose how you interact with blocks"
+          description="Customize how you interact with blocks in the block library and editing canvas."
+          title="Block interactions"
         >
           <WithSelect(WithDispatch(BaseOption))
             featureName="mostUsedBlocks"