diff --git a/modules/search/search.install b/modules/search/search.install
index 8f0531384f3564ad4ec4c16a7a97b3054efbed67..75a23e83d88fc138b3330cde99f9ee310d61bf1d 100644
--- a/modules/search/search.install
+++ b/modules/search/search.install
@@ -114,21 +114,21 @@ function search_schema() {
   );
 
   $schema['search_node_links'] = array(
-    'description' => t('Stores nodes that link to other nodes, used to improve search scores for nodes that are frequently linked to.'),
+    'description' => t('Stores items (like nodes) that link to other nodes, used to improve search scores for nodes that are frequently linked to.'),
     'fields' => array(
       'sid' => array(
         'type' => 'int',
         'unsigned' => TRUE,
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'default' => 0,
-        'description' => t('The {search_dataset}.sid of the searchable item to which the word belongs.'),
+        'description' => t('The {search_dataset}.sid of the searchable item containing the link to the node.'),
       ),
       'type' => array(
         'type' => 'varchar',
         'length' => 16,
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'default' => '',
-        'description' => t('The {search_dataset}.sid of the searchable item to which the word belongs.'),
+        'description' => t('The {search_dataset}.type of the searchable item containing the link to the node.'),
       ),
       'nid' => array(
         'type' => 'int',