diff --git a/api/origin_trials_api.py b/api/origin_trials_api.py
index 9cb5cf0f..955ba333 100644
--- a/api/origin_trials_api.py
+++ b/api/origin_trials_api.py
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ class OriginTrialsAPI(basehandlers.EntitiesAPIHandler):
           'Origin trial feature name not found in file')
 
     if not body.get('ot_is_deprecation_trial', {}).get('value', False):
-      use_counter = body.get('ot_webfeature_use_counter', {}).get('value')
-      if use_counter is None:
+      use_counter = body.get('ot_webfeature_use_counter', {}).get('')
+      if not use_counter:
         validation_errors['ot_webfeature_use_counter'] = (
             'No UseCounter specified for non-deprecation trial.')
       elif f'{use_counter} =' not in webfeature_file:
diff --git a/client-src/elements/form-definition.js b/client-src/elements/form-definition.js
index 14b9d512..907610a0 100644
--- a/client-src/elements/form-definition.js
+++ b/client-src/elements/form-definition.js
@@ -511,8 +511,8 @@ export const ORIGIN_TRIAL_CREATION_FIELDS = {
         'ot_documentation_url',
         'ot_feedback_submission_url',
         'ot_chromium_trial_name',
-        'ot_webfeature_use_counter',
         'ot_is_deprecation_trial',
+        'ot_webfeature_use_counter',
         'ot_has_third_party_support',
         'ot_is_critical_trial',
         'ot_require_approvals',
diff --git a/client-src/elements/form-field-specs.js b/client-src/elements/form-field-specs.js
index 3bf18799..e55c92e7 100644
--- a/client-src/elements/form-field-specs.js
+++ b/client-src/elements/form-field-specs.js
@@ -1284,7 +1284,8 @@ export const ALL_FIELDS = {
     attrs: TEXT_FIELD_ATTRS,
     required: true,
     label: 'Chromium trial name',
-    help_text: html` Name for the trial, as specified in
+    help_text: html` Name for the trial, given as the value of the property
+      "origin_trial_feature_name" as specified in
       <a
         target="_blank"
         href="https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/runtime_enabled_features.json5"
@@ -1375,7 +1376,6 @@ export const ALL_FIELDS = {
       placeholder: 'e.g. "kWebFeature"',
       pattern: String.raw`k\S*`,
     },
-    required: true,
     label: 'WebFeature UseCounter name',
     help_text: html` For measuring usage, this must be a single named value from
       the WebFeature enum, e.g. kWorkerStart. The use counter must be landed in
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ export const ALL_FIELDS = {
         target="_blank"
         href="https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/blink/public/mojom/use_counter/metrics/web_feature.mojom"
         >web_feature.mojom</a
-      >.`,
+      >. Not required for deprecation trials.`,
   },
 
   ot_require_approvals: {
@@ -1432,13 +1432,12 @@ export const ALL_FIELDS = {
   },
 
   ot_creation__intent_to_experiment_url: {
-    name: 'intent_to_experiment_url',
     type: 'input',
     attrs: URL_FIELD_ATTRS,
     required: true,
     label: 'Intent to Experiment link',
-    help_text: html`After you have started the "Intent to Experiment" discussion
-    thread, link to it here.`,
+    help_text: html`Your "Intent to Experiment" discussion thread. The necessary
+    LGTMs should already have been received.`,
   },
 
   ot_creation__milestone_desktop_first: {