diff --git a/Lib/test/support/testresult.py b/Lib/test/support/testresult.py
index eb2279a88f9a08..2cd1366cd8a9e1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/testresult.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/testresult.py
@@ -145,11 +145,7 @@ def get_test_runner_class(verbosity, buffer=False):
         return functools.partial(unittest.TextTestRunner,
                                  resultclass=RegressionTestResult,
                                  buffer=buffer,
-                                 verbosity=verbosity,
-                                 # disable descriptions so errors are
-                                 # readily traceable. bpo-46126
-                                 descriptions=False,
-                                 )
+                                 verbosity=verbosity)
     return functools.partial(QuietRegressionTestRunner, buffer=buffer)
 
 def get_test_runner(stream, verbosity, capture_output=False):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-03-26-11-41-19.bpo-46126.q14Ioy.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-03-26-11-41-19.bpo-46126.q14Ioy.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0877b0e385743d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-03-26-11-41-19.bpo-46126.q14Ioy.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Restore 'descriptions' when running tests internally.