Issue #2350013 by kattekrab, David_Rothstein: Descriptions for Promotion Options are too technical

core/modules/book/config/install/core.base_field_override.node.book.promote.yml

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ id: node.book.promote
 field_name: promote
 entity_type: node
 bundle: book
-label: Promote
-description: 'A boolean indicating whether the node should be displayed on the front page.'
+label: Promoted to front page
+description: ''
 required: false
 translatable: true
 default_value:

core/modules/forum/config/install/core.base_field_override.node.forum.promote.yml

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ id: node.forum.promote
 field_name: promote
 entity_type: node
 bundle: forum
-label: Promote
-description: 'A boolean indicating whether the node should be displayed on the front page.'
+label: Promoted to front page
+description: ''
 required: false
 translatable: true
 default_value:

core/modules/node/src/Entity/Node.php

@@ -436,8 +436,7 @@ public static function baseFieldDefinitions(EntityTypeInterface $entity_type) {
       ->setTranslatable(TRUE);
 
     $fields['promote'] = BaseFieldDefinition::create('boolean')
-      ->setLabel(t('Promote'))
-      ->setDescription(t('A boolean indicating whether the node should be displayed on the front page.'))
+      ->setLabel(t('Promoted to front page'))
       ->setRevisionable(TRUE)
       ->setTranslatable(TRUE)
       ->setDefaultValue(TRUE)
@@ -451,8 +450,7 @@ public static function baseFieldDefinitions(EntityTypeInterface $entity_type) {
       ->setDisplayConfigurable('form', TRUE);
 
     $fields['sticky'] = BaseFieldDefinition::create('boolean')
-      ->setLabel(t('Sticky'))
-      ->setDescription(t('A boolean indicating whether the node should be displayed at the top of lists in which it appears.'))
+      ->setLabel(t('Sticky at top of lists'))
       ->setRevisionable(TRUE)
       ->setTranslatable(TRUE)
       ->setDefaultValue(FALSE)

core/profiles/standard/config/install/core.base_field_override.node.page.promote.yml

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ id: node.page.promote
 field_name: promote
 entity_type: node
 bundle: page
-label: Promote
-description: 'A boolean indicating whether the node should be displayed on the front page.'
+label: Promoted to front page
+description: ''
 required: false
 translatable: true
 default_value: