diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
index a5f42c22c484..924b54d15d54 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ static void print_l1_dcache_misses(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 
 	color = get_ratio_color(GRC_CACHE_MISSES, ratio);
 
-	out->print_metric(config, out->ctx, color, "%7.2f%%", "of all L1-dcache hits", ratio);
+	out->print_metric(config, out->ctx, color, "%7.2f%%", "of all L1-dcache accesses", ratio);
 }
 
 static void print_l1_icache_misses(struct perf_stat_config *config,
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ static void print_l1_icache_misses(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 		ratio = avg / total * 100.0;
 
 	color = get_ratio_color(GRC_CACHE_MISSES, ratio);
-	out->print_metric(config, out->ctx, color, "%7.2f%%", "of all L1-icache hits", ratio);
+	out->print_metric(config, out->ctx, color, "%7.2f%%", "of all L1-icache accesses", ratio);
 }
 
 static void print_dtlb_cache_misses(struct perf_stat_config *config,
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ static void print_dtlb_cache_misses(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 		ratio = avg / total * 100.0;
 
 	color = get_ratio_color(GRC_CACHE_MISSES, ratio);
-	out->print_metric(config, out->ctx, color, "%7.2f%%", "of all dTLB cache hits", ratio);
+	out->print_metric(config, out->ctx, color, "%7.2f%%", "of all dTLB cache accesses", ratio);
 }
 
 static void print_itlb_cache_misses(struct perf_stat_config *config,
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ static void print_itlb_cache_misses(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 		ratio = avg / total * 100.0;
 
 	color = get_ratio_color(GRC_CACHE_MISSES, ratio);
-	out->print_metric(config, out->ctx, color, "%7.2f%%", "of all iTLB cache hits", ratio);
+	out->print_metric(config, out->ctx, color, "%7.2f%%", "of all iTLB cache accesses", ratio);
 }
 
 static void print_ll_cache_misses(struct perf_stat_config *config,
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ static void print_ll_cache_misses(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 		ratio = avg / total * 100.0;
 
 	color = get_ratio_color(GRC_CACHE_MISSES, ratio);
-	out->print_metric(config, out->ctx, color, "%7.2f%%", "of all LL-cache hits", ratio);
+	out->print_metric(config, out->ctx, color, "%7.2f%%", "of all LL-cache accesses", ratio);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ void perf_stat__print_shadow_stats(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 		if (runtime_stat_n(st, STAT_L1_DCACHE, ctx, cpu) != 0)
 			print_l1_dcache_misses(config, cpu, evsel, avg, out, st);
 		else
-			print_metric(config, ctxp, NULL, NULL, "of all L1-dcache hits", 0);
+			print_metric(config, ctxp, NULL, NULL, "of all L1-dcache accesses", 0);
 	} else if (
 		evsel->core.attr.type == PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE &&
 		evsel->core.attr.config ==  ( PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_L1I |
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ void perf_stat__print_shadow_stats(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 		if (runtime_stat_n(st, STAT_L1_ICACHE, ctx, cpu) != 0)
 			print_l1_icache_misses(config, cpu, evsel, avg, out, st);
 		else
-			print_metric(config, ctxp, NULL, NULL, "of all L1-icache hits", 0);
+			print_metric(config, ctxp, NULL, NULL, "of all L1-icache accesses", 0);
 	} else if (
 		evsel->core.attr.type == PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE &&
 		evsel->core.attr.config ==  ( PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_DTLB |
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ void perf_stat__print_shadow_stats(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 		if (runtime_stat_n(st, STAT_DTLB_CACHE, ctx, cpu) != 0)
 			print_dtlb_cache_misses(config, cpu, evsel, avg, out, st);
 		else
-			print_metric(config, ctxp, NULL, NULL, "of all dTLB cache hits", 0);
+			print_metric(config, ctxp, NULL, NULL, "of all dTLB cache accesses", 0);
 	} else if (
 		evsel->core.attr.type == PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE &&
 		evsel->core.attr.config ==  ( PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_ITLB |
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ void perf_stat__print_shadow_stats(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 		if (runtime_stat_n(st, STAT_ITLB_CACHE, ctx, cpu) != 0)
 			print_itlb_cache_misses(config, cpu, evsel, avg, out, st);
 		else
-			print_metric(config, ctxp, NULL, NULL, "of all iTLB cache hits", 0);
+			print_metric(config, ctxp, NULL, NULL, "of all iTLB cache accesses", 0);
 	} else if (
 		evsel->core.attr.type == PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE &&
 		evsel->core.attr.config ==  ( PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_LL |
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ void perf_stat__print_shadow_stats(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 		if (runtime_stat_n(st, STAT_LL_CACHE, ctx, cpu) != 0)
 			print_ll_cache_misses(config, cpu, evsel, avg, out, st);
 		else
-			print_metric(config, ctxp, NULL, NULL, "of all LL-cache hits", 0);
+			print_metric(config, ctxp, NULL, NULL, "of all LL-cache accesses", 0);
 	} else if (evsel__match(evsel, HARDWARE, HW_CACHE_MISSES)) {
 		total = runtime_stat_avg(st, STAT_CACHEREFS, ctx, cpu);