diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/hud.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/hud.cpp
index 3922b1997..cf0fa3414 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/hud.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/hud.cpp
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ namespace MWGui
             mMagicka->setProgressRange (modified);
             mMagicka->setProgressPosition (current);
             getWidget(w, "MagickaFrame");
-            w->setUserString("Caption_HealthDescription", "#{sIntDesc}\n" + valStr);
+            w->setUserString("Caption_HealthDescription", "#{sMagDesc}\n" + valStr);
         }
         else if (id == "FBar")
         {