diff --git a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/AddRecommendationModal.tsx b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/AddRecommendationModal.tsx
index 3ea1c84d29..6673ea248a 100644
--- a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/AddRecommendationModal.tsx
+++ b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/AddRecommendationModal.tsx
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ const AddRecommendationModal: React.FC<AddRecommendationModalProps> = ({recommen
                 updatedRecommendation.favicon = oembed?.metadata?.icon ?? formState.favicon ?? null;
                 updatedRecommendation.one_click_subscribe = false;
             }
+            updatedRecommendation.reason = updatedRecommendation.excerpt || null;
 
             // Switch modal without changing the route (the second modal is not reachable by URL)
             modal.remove();
diff --git a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/RecommendationReasonForm.tsx b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/RecommendationReasonForm.tsx
index 533fa33e3c..e237ce1108 100644
--- a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/RecommendationReasonForm.tsx
+++ b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/RecommendationReasonForm.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const RecommendationReasonForm: React.FC<Props<EditOrAddRecommendation | Recomme
         <TextArea
             clearBg={true}
             rows={3}
-            title="Reason for recommending (optional)"
+            title="Description (optional)"
             value={formState.reason ?? ''}
             onChange={e => updateForm(state => ({...state, reason: e.target.value}))}
         />