--- a/data/json/items/comestibles/carnivore.json
+++ b/data/json/items/comestibles/carnivore.json
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
     "copy-from": "meat_scrap",
     "type": "COMESTIBLE",
     "name": { "str": "cooked scrap of meat", "str_pl": "cooked scraps of meat" },
-    "description": "This is a tiny scrap of cooked mutant meat.  It is small enough that it's hard to tell how disgusting it is.",
+    "description": "This is a tiny scrap of cooked meat.  It's not much, but it'll do in a pinch.",
     "spoils_in": "2 days",
     "parasites": 0,
     "fun": 0,
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@
     "type": "COMESTIBLE",
     "copy-from": "mutant_meat_scrap",
     "name": { "str": "cooked scrap of mutant meat", "str_pl": "cooked scraps of mutant meat" },
+    "description": "This is a tiny scrap of cooked mutant meat.  It is small enough that it's hard to tell how disgusting it is.",
     "looks_like": "meat_scrap_cooked",
     "spoils_in": "2 days",
     "parasites": 0,