diff --git a/rigify/rigs/biped/arm/__init__.py b/rigify/rigs/biped/arm/__init__.py
index 2d2d6bebd8d6aa0e0053c786cfd30bcf9c0942bd..81b5535ce34d7a21ad1fe8d91e0c2c1b714aafaf 100644
--- a/rigify/rigs/biped/arm/__init__.py
+++ b/rigify/rigs/biped/arm/__init__.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def add_parameters(params):
     params.primary_rotation_axis = bpy.props.EnumProperty(items=items, name="Primary Rotation Axis", default='X')
 
     params.bend_hint = bpy.props.BoolProperty(name="Bend Hint", default=True, description="Give IK chain a hint about which way to bend.  Useful for perfectly straight chains")
-    params.elbow_target_base_name = bpy.props.StringProperty(name="Elbow Target Name", default="elbow_target", description="Base name for the generated elbow target.")
+    params.elbow_target_base_name = bpy.props.StringProperty(name="Elbow Target Name", default="elbow_target", description="Base name for the generated elbow target")
 
     params.separate_ik_layers = bpy.props.BoolProperty(name="Separate IK Control Layers:", default=False, description="Enable putting the ik controls on a separate layer from the fk controls")
     params.ik_layers = bpy.props.BoolVectorProperty(size=32, description="Layers for the ik controls to be on")
diff --git a/rigify/rigs/biped/leg/__init__.py b/rigify/rigs/biped/leg/__init__.py
index 85c5840b0d2fc7b1b9e8ed292b58d8f81db9799b..36619c982a1d47d00b1ddc18fdf96ed449f0af41 100644
--- a/rigify/rigs/biped/leg/__init__.py
+++ b/rigify/rigs/biped/leg/__init__.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def add_parameters(params):
     params.primary_rotation_axis = bpy.props.EnumProperty(items=items, name="Primary Rotation Axis", default='X')
 
     params.bend_hint = bpy.props.BoolProperty(name="Bend Hint", default=True, description="Give IK chain a hint about which way to bend (useful for perfectly straight chains)")
-    params.knee_target_base_name = bpy.props.StringProperty(name="Knee Target Name", default="knee_target", description="Base name for the generated knee target.")
+    params.knee_target_base_name = bpy.props.StringProperty(name="Knee Target Name", default="knee_target", description="Base name for the generated knee target")
 
 
     params.separate_ik_layers = bpy.props.BoolProperty(name="Separate IK Control Layers:", default=False, description="Enable putting the ik controls on a separate layer from the fk controls")