diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/pages/projects/shared/permissions/components/settings_panel.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/pages/projects/shared/permissions/components/settings_panel.vue
index 08c7719dcf2eedb8709d82c3f24ee9a7f30d97f0..19d9903c988dd818e5635d58b951d12298e26631 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/pages/projects/shared/permissions/components/settings_panel.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/pages/projects/shared/permissions/components/settings_panel.vue
@@ -325,8 +325,8 @@ export default {
       <project-setting-row
         v-if="pagesAvailable && pagesAccessControlEnabled"
         :help-path="pagesHelpPath"
-        label="Pages"
-        help-text="Static website for the project."
+        label="Pages access control"
+        help-text="Access control for the project's static website"
       >
         <project-feature-setting
           v-model="pagesAccessLevel"
diff --git a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
index 0cfc2db3285e37674d98e0915da87b36be5441a5..e6484f207644f0b13d99a209c5de7690f38c45dd 100644
--- a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ module ProjectsHelper
       lfsHelpPath: help_page_path('workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs'),
       pagesAvailable: Gitlab.config.pages.enabled,
       pagesAccessControlEnabled: Gitlab.config.pages.access_control,
-      pagesHelpPath: help_page_path('user/project/pages/index.md')
+      pagesHelpPath: help_page_path('user/project/pages/introduction', anchor: 'gitlab-pages-access-control-core-only')
     }
   end
 
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/54142-pages-in-project-s-permission-should-be-named-pages-access-control.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/54142-pages-in-project-s-permission-should-be-named-pages-access-control.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b45ebaa1a026897ca1f909806cf8724f22091114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/54142-pages-in-project-s-permission-should-be-named-pages-access-control.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Make the Pages permission setting more clear
+merge_request: 23146
+author:
+type: changed