diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index 08bd12a7a..a372f5412 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  - fixed #10713: i18n Asset_StoryArchive::asset url
  - fixed a bug where the textarea (based) form plugins would put multiple identical style tags in head in some cases, which caused javascript errors in IE. ( Martin Kamerbeek / Oqapi )
  - fixed #10714: i18n Asset_Survey::Grabebook Report Template and Asset_Survey::Grabebook Report Template help
+ - fixed #10717: i18n Asset_Survey::recordedAnswer and Asset_Survey::recorded answer description
 
 7.7.16
  - fixed #10590: Session::DateTime->secondsToInterval doesn't allow 7 weeks
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset_Survey.pm b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset_Survey.pm
index fc96c291c..ad1cb6f35 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset_Survey.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset_Survey.pm
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ section/answer.|,
     },
 
     'recordedAnswer' => {
-        message => q|Determines what gets recorded as the response value if this answer is selected. Allows you to 'recode' recorded responses, e.g. 'Yes' could be recorded as '1' and 'No' as '0'. Relevant only for Multiple Choice questions (other question types record the input actually entered by the user: free text, selected date, etc..).|,
+        message => q|The answer that gets recorded for this answer in the database.  This is relevant only for Multiple Choice questions, where the answer that is recorded may be different from what is what is displayed, e.g. 'Yes' could be recorded as '1' and 'No' as '0'.|,
         context => q|Description of a template variable for a template Help page.|,
         lastUpdated => 0,
     },