diff --git a/app/models/family/auto_categorizer.rb b/app/models/family/auto_categorizer.rb
index 2448f16e1..9a57df28b 100644
--- a/app/models/family/auto_categorizer.rb
+++ b/app/models/family/auto_categorizer.rb
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class Family::AutoCategorizer
           id: transaction.id,
           amount: transaction.entry.amount.abs,
           classification: transaction.entry.classification,
-          description: transaction.entry.name,
+          description: [ transaction.entry.name, transaction.entry.notes ].compact.reject(&:empty?).join(" "),
           merchant: transaction.merchant&.name
         }
       end
diff --git a/app/models/family/auto_merchant_detector.rb b/app/models/family/auto_merchant_detector.rb
index 783121269..be1cbcebb 100644
--- a/app/models/family/auto_merchant_detector.rb
+++ b/app/models/family/auto_merchant_detector.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class Family::AutoMerchantDetector
           id: transaction.id,
           amount: transaction.entry.amount.abs,
           classification: transaction.entry.classification,
-          description: transaction.entry.name,
+          description: [ transaction.entry.name, transaction.entry.notes ].compact.reject(&:empty?).join(" "),
           merchant: transaction.merchant&.name
         }
       end