diff --git a/_locales/en/messages.json b/_locales/en/messages.json
index 950b899c8e..a9adff68e5 100644
--- a/_locales/en/messages.json
+++ b/_locales/en/messages.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     },
     "verifyContact": {
       "message": "You may wish to $tag_start$ verify $tag_end$ this contact.",
+      "description": "Use $tag_start$ and $tag_end$ to wrap the word or phrase in this sentence that the user should click on in order to navigate to the verification screen. These placeholders will be replaced with appropriate HTML code.",
       "placeholders": {
         "tag_start": {
           "content": "<a class='verify' href='#'>"