diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_faznet.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_faznet.py
index 0bd4a38d14..5efe7ec9e6 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_faznet.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_faznet.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class FazNet(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     title = 'FAZ NET'
     __author__ = 'Kovid Goyal'
-    description = 'News from Germany'
+    description = '"Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'
     use_embedded_content   = False 
     max_articles_per_feed = 30 
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_spiegelde.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_spiegelde.py
index fe4de53364..f13c76639a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_spiegelde.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_spiegelde.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 class SpeigelOnline(BasicNewsRecipe):
     
     title = 'Spiegel Online' 
-    description = 'News from Germany'
+    description = 'Nachrichten des Magazins Der Spiegel'
     __author__ = 'Kovid Goyal'
     use_embedded_content   = False
     timefmt = ' [ %Y-%m-%d %a]'
diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_zeitde.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_zeitde.py
index 892d748465..c37a487153 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_zeitde.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_zeitde.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 class ZeitDe(BasicNewsRecipe):
     
     title = 'Die Zeit Nachrichten'
-    description = 'News from Germany'
+    description = 'Die Zeit - Online Nachrichten'
     __author__ = 'Kovid Goyal'
     use_embedded_content   = False
     timefmt = ' [%d %b %Y]'