On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Scott Marlow <smarlow@redhat.com> wrote:

is
there any reason why the description for jpa-metrics should be "The
configuration of the JPA subsystem.;"

Yes, this is defined in LocalDescription.properties file for each subsystem.

It is up to subsystem author to define best descriptions possible for the model of the subsystem there.