By TravisCarden: Made it clear that "Hide descriptions" link only affects item descriptions.

checklistapi.js

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
         $(this).closest('#checklistapi-checklist-form').toggleClass('compact-mode');
         var is_compact_mode = $(this).closest('#checklistapi-checklist-form').hasClass('compact-mode');
         $(this)
-          .text((is_compact_mode) ? Drupal.t('Show descriptions') : Drupal.t('Hide descriptions'))
-          .attr('title', (is_compact_mode) ? Drupal.t('Expand layout to include descriptions.') : Drupal.t('Compress layout by hiding descriptions.'))
+          .text((is_compact_mode) ? Drupal.t('Show item descriptions') : Drupal.t('Hide item descriptions'))
+          .attr('title', (is_compact_mode) ? Drupal.t('Expand layout to include item descriptions.') : Drupal.t('Compress layout by hiding item descriptions.'))
         document.cookie = 'Drupal.visitor.checklistapi_compact_mode=' + ((is_compact_mode) ? 1 : 0);
         return false;
       });

checklistapi.pages.inc

@@ -218,11 +218,11 @@ function theme_checklistapi_compact_link() {
   $output = '<div class="compact-link">';
   if (checklistapi_compact_mode()) {
     $output .= l(
-      t('Show descriptions'),
+      t('Show item descriptions'),
       current_path() . '/compact/off',
       array(
         'attributes' => array(
-          'title' => t('Expand layout to include descriptions.'),
+          'title' => t('Expand layout to include item descriptions.'),
         ),
         'query' => drupal_get_destination(),
       )
@@ -230,11 +230,11 @@ function theme_checklistapi_compact_link() {
   }
   else {
     $output .= l(
-      t('Hide descriptions'),
+      t('Hide item descriptions'),
       current_path() . '/compact/on',
       array(
         'attributes' => array(
-          'title' => t('Compress layout by hiding descriptions.'),
+          'title' => t('Compress layout by hiding item descriptions.'),
         ),
         'query' => drupal_get_destination(),
       )