diff --git a/common/rulesys.cpp b/common/rulesys.cpp
index f84b65d32..a52ceae9d 100644
--- a/common/rulesys.cpp
+++ b/common/rulesys.cpp
@@ -502,6 +502,18 @@ bool RuleManager::UpdateInjectedRules(Database *db, const std::string &rule_set_
 		}
 	}
 
+	// update rules in the database where the description is different
+	for (const auto &e : RuleValuesRepository::All(*db)) {
+		auto i = rule_data.find(e.rule_name);
+		if (i != rule_data.end()) {
+			// if notes are different, update them
+			if (i->second.second != nullptr && !Strings::EqualFold(*i->second.second, e.notes)) {
+				LogInfo("Updating rule [{}] notes to [{}]", i->first, *i->second.second);
+				RuleValuesRepository::ReplaceOne(*db, e);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (injected_rule_entries.size()) {
 		if (!RuleValuesRepository::InjectRules(*db, injected_rule_entries)) {
 			return false;