diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 5fe52a3469..255ae7e0a2 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+### 2.99.2 development
+[Full Changelog](http://github.com/rspec/rspec-core/compare/v2.99.1...master)
+
+Enhancements:
+
+* Tweak deprecation warning for `Symbol` descriptions. (Jon Rowe, #1667)
+
 ### 2.99.1 / 2014-06-19
 [Full Changelog](http://github.com/rspec/rspec-core/compare/v2.99.0...v2.99.1)
 
diff --git a/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb b/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb
index ae62deb16e..4d47faa73c 100644
--- a/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb
@@ -350,8 +350,9 @@ def warning
           <<-EOS.gsub(/^\s+\|/, '')
             |The semantics of `describe <a #{arg.class.name}>` are changing in RSpec 3. In RSpec 2,
             |this would be treated as metadata, but as the first `describe` argument,
-            |this will be treated as the described object in RSpec 3. If you want this
-            |to be treated as metadata, pass a description as the first argument.
+            |this will be treated as the described object (affecting the value of
+            |`described_class`) in RSpec 3. If you want this to be treated as metadata,
+            |pass a description as the first argument.
             |(Example group defined at #{call_site})
           EOS
         end
diff --git a/spec/rspec/core/example_group_spec.rb b/spec/rspec/core/example_group_spec.rb
index 05b0a3e998..8f911da255 100644
--- a/spec/rspec/core/example_group_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rspec/core/example_group_spec.rb
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ def capture_deprecation_options
           warn_opts
         end
 
-        it "prints a deprecation warning since the semantics are changing in RSpec 3" do
+        it "prints a deprecation warning since the semantics of an inner described_class are changing in RSpec 3" do
           warn_opts = capture_deprecation_options do
             ExampleGroup.describe(String) do
               describe Array do
@@ -357,6 +357,19 @@ def capture_deprecation_options
           expect(warn_opts[:message]).to include("described_class")
         end
 
+        it "prints a deprecation warning since the semantics of an inner described symbol are changing in RSpec 3" do
+          warn_opts = capture_deprecation_options do
+            ExampleGroup.describe(String) do
+              describe :method do
+                example { described_class }
+              end
+            end.run
+          end
+
+          expect(warn_opts[:message]).to include("#{__FILE__}:#{__LINE__ - 6}")
+          expect(warn_opts[:message]).to include("described_class")
+        end
+
         it "prints a deprecation even when `described_class` has already been referenced in the outer group" do
           warn_opts = capture_deprecation_options do
             outer_dc = inner_dc = nil