diff --git a/actions/allrss.php b/actions/allrss.php
index 885a67f618..260667090b 100644
--- a/actions/allrss.php
+++ b/actions/allrss.php
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ class AllrssAction extends Rss10Action
                    'link' => common_local_url('all',
                                              array('nickname' =>
                                                    $user->nickname)),
-                   'description' => sprintf(_('Feed for friends of %s'),
-                                            $user->nickname));
+                   'description' => sprintf(_('Updates from %1$s and friends on %2$s!'),
+                                            $user->nickname, common_config('site', 'name')));
         return $c;
     }
 
diff --git a/actions/favoritesrss.php b/actions/favoritesrss.php
index c439a9a62b..5dc09e5e8a 100644
--- a/actions/favoritesrss.php
+++ b/actions/favoritesrss.php
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ class FavoritesrssAction extends Rss10Action
                    'link' => common_local_url('showfavorites',
                                         array('nickname' =>
                                         $user->nickname)),
-                   'description' => sprintf(_('Feed of favorite notices of %s'), 
-                                        $user->nickname));
+                   'description' => sprintf(_('Updates favored by %1$s on %2$s!'),
+                                        $user->nickname, common_config('site', 'name')));
         return $c;
     }
 
diff --git a/actions/grouprss.php b/actions/grouprss.php
index 2bdcaafb27..e1e2d20185 100644
--- a/actions/grouprss.php
+++ b/actions/grouprss.php
@@ -132,9 +132,10 @@ class groupRssAction extends Rss10Action
         $c = array('url' => common_local_url('grouprss',
                                              array('nickname' =>
                                                    $group->nickname)),
-                   'title' => $group->nickname,
+                   'title' => sprintf(_('%s timeline'), $group->nickname),
                    'link' => common_local_url('showgroup', array('nickname' => $group->nickname)),
-                   'description' => sprintf(_('Microblog by %s group'), $group->nickname));
+                   'description' => sprintf(_('Updates from members of %1$s on %2$s!'),
+                                            $group->nickname, common_config('site', 'name')));
         return $c;
     }
 
diff --git a/actions/noticesearchrss.php b/actions/noticesearchrss.php
index 2a4b2060d3..045531c5ac 100644
--- a/actions/noticesearchrss.php
+++ b/actions/noticesearchrss.php
@@ -86,9 +86,10 @@ class NoticesearchrssAction extends Rss10Action
     {
         $q = $this->trimmed('q');
         $c = array('url' => common_local_url('noticesearchrss', array('q' => $q)),
-                   'title' => common_config('site', 'name') . sprintf(_(' Search Stream for "%s"'), $q),
+                   'title' => sprintf(_('Updates with "%s"'), $q),
                    'link' => common_local_url('noticesearch', array('q' => $q)),
-                   'description' => sprintf(_('All updates matching search term "%s"'), $q));
+                   'description' => sprintf(_('Updates matching search term "%1$s" on %2$s!'),
+                                            $q, common_config('site', 'name')));
         return $c;
     }
 
diff --git a/actions/publicrss.php b/actions/publicrss.php
index 7e8df96251..5c08de641d 100644
--- a/actions/publicrss.php
+++ b/actions/publicrss.php
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ class PublicrssAction extends Rss10Action
     {
         $c = array(
               'url' => common_local_url('publicrss')
-            , 'title' => sprintf(_('%s Public Stream'), common_config('site', 'name'))
+            , 'title' => sprintf(_('%s public timeline'), common_config('site', 'name'))
             , 'link' => common_local_url('public')
-            , 'description' => sprintf(_('All updates for %s'), common_config('site', 'name')));
+            , 'description' => sprintf(_('%s updates from everyone!'), common_config('site', 'name')));
         return $c;
     }
 
diff --git a/actions/repliesrss.php b/actions/repliesrss.php
index a87e2870dc..580bb91f7c 100644
--- a/actions/repliesrss.php
+++ b/actions/repliesrss.php
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ class RepliesrssAction extends Rss10Action
                    'link' => common_local_url('replies',
                                               array('nickname' =>
                                                     $user->nickname)),
-                   'description' => sprintf(_('Feed for replies to %s'), $user->nickname));
+                   'description' => sprintf(_('Replies to %1$s on %2$s!'),
+                                              $user->nickname, common_config('site', 'name')));
         return $c;
     }
 
diff --git a/actions/tagrss.php b/actions/tagrss.php
index f69374fcac..c3c03b9cd8 100644
--- a/actions/tagrss.php
+++ b/actions/tagrss.php
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ class TagrssAction extends Rss10Action
         $c = array('url' => common_local_url('tagrss', array('tag' => $tagname)),
                'title' => $tagname,
                'link' => common_local_url('tagrss', array('tag' => $tagname)),
-               'description' => sprintf(_('Microblog tagged with %s'), $tagname));
+               'description' => sprintf(_('Updates tagged with %1$s on %2$s!'),
+                                        $tagname, common_config('site', 'name')));
         return $c;
     }
 
diff --git a/actions/userrss.php b/actions/userrss.php
index 8a940865f9..a9f3fd5f89 100644
--- a/actions/userrss.php
+++ b/actions/userrss.php
@@ -88,9 +88,10 @@ class UserrssAction extends Rss10Action
         $c = array('url' => common_local_url('userrss',
                                              array('nickname' =>
                                                    $user->nickname)),
-                   'title' => $user->nickname,
+                   'title' => sprintf(_('%s timeline'), $user->nickname),
                    'link' => $profile->profileurl,
-                   'description' => sprintf(_('Microblog by %s'), $user->nickname));
+                   'description' => sprintf(_('Updates from %1$s on %2$s!'),
+                                            $user->nickname, common_config('site', 'name')));
         return $c;
     }