diff --git a/src/game_initialization/create_engine.cpp b/src/game_initialization/create_engine.cpp
index 4a4ae5ca05bd..7a099e603b15 100644
--- a/src/game_initialization/create_engine.cpp
+++ b/src/game_initialization/create_engine.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ std::string user_map::description() const
 	}
 
 	// map error message
-	return _("User made map");
+	return _("Custom map.");
 }
 
 random_map::random_map(const config& data)
diff --git a/src/gui/dialogs/multiplayer/mp_create_game.cpp b/src/gui/dialogs/multiplayer/mp_create_game.cpp
index 1fa7aa88d6fd..28650e4fe962 100644
--- a/src/gui/dialogs/multiplayer/mp_create_game.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/dialogs/multiplayer/mp_create_game.cpp
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ void mp_create_game::show_description(window& window, const std::string& new_des
 {
 	styled_widget& description = find_widget<styled_widget>(&window, "description", false);
 
-	description.set_label(!new_description.empty() ? new_description : _("No description available"));
+	description.set_label(!new_description.empty() ? new_description : _("No description available."));
 	description.set_use_markup(true);
 }