diff --git a/resources/recipes/de_standaard.recipe b/resources/recipes/de_standaard.recipe
index 57baa1afbe..cb2aea3b55 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/de_standaard.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/de_standaard.recipe
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class DeStandaard(BasicNewsRecipe):
     __author__            = u'Darko Miletic'
     language = 'nl_BE'
 
-    description           = u'News from Belgium'
+    description           = u'News from Belgium in Dutch'
     oldest_article        = 7
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
     no_stylesheets        = True
diff --git a/resources/recipes/degentenaar.recipe b/resources/recipes/degentenaar.recipe
index fbf30b9f9a..f18c7a06ae 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/degentenaar.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/degentenaar.recipe
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 from calibre.ebooks.BeautifulSoup import Tag
 
 class DeGentenaarOnline(BasicNewsRecipe):
-    title                 = 'De Gentenaar Online'
+    title                 = 'De Gentenaar'
     __author__            = 'Darko Miletic'
     description           = 'News from Belgium in Dutch'
     publisher             = 'De Gentenaar'
diff --git a/resources/recipes/demorgen_be.recipe b/resources/recipes/demorgen_be.recipe
index a9a50576a5..43001b07f8 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/demorgen_be.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/demorgen_be.recipe
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 class DeMorganBe(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title                 = u'De Morgen'
     __author__            = u'Darko Miletic'
-    description           = u'News from Belgium'
+    description           = u'News from Belgium in Dutch'
     oldest_article        = 7
     language = 'nl_BE'
 
diff --git a/resources/recipes/hln_be.recipe b/resources/recipes/hln_be.recipe
index e2f9b15ffb..e0030dbb37 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/hln_be.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/hln_be.recipe
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ www.hln.be
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
 class HLN_be(BasicNewsRecipe):
-    title                 = 'HLN Belgium'
+    title                 = 'Het Laatste Nieuws'
     __author__            = 'Darko Miletic'
-    description           = 'Belgium news'
+    description           = 'News from Belgium in Dutch'
     publisher             = 'HLN'
     category              = 'news, politics, Belgium'
     oldest_article        = 2
diff --git a/resources/recipes/tijd.recipe b/resources/recipes/tijd.recipe
index 3f9d3ed85e..6ff3278db9 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/tijd.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/tijd.recipe
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class DeTijd(BasicNewsRecipe):
     no_stylesheets        = True
     use_embedded_content  = False
     encoding              = 'utf-8'
-    language = 'nl'
+    language = 'nl_BE'
 
     lang                  = 'nl-BE'
     direction             = 'ltr'
diff --git a/resources/recipes/vrijnederland.recipe b/resources/recipes/vrijnederland.recipe
index 2d506ceff6..6c2c0f08ff 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/vrijnederland.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/vrijnederland.recipe
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ from calibre.ebooks.BeautifulSoup import Tag
 class VrijNederlandRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe) :
     __license__   = 'GPL v3'
     __author__ = 'kwetal'
-    language = 'nl_NL'
-    locale = 'nl_NL'
+    language = 'nl'
+    locale = 'nl'
     version = 1
 
     title = u'Vrij Nederland'