diff --git a/panels/keyboard/cc-keyboard-item.c b/panels/keyboard/cc-keyboard-item.c
index 2f7cdf75393f391bd7da4cac1df80931a5180ddb..86aba4db738941dc70ca2098b3ff6c5240d87b15 100644
--- a/panels/keyboard/cc-keyboard-item.c
+++ b/panels/keyboard/cc-keyboard-item.c
@@ -557,16 +557,22 @@ cc_keyboard_item_load_from_gsettings (CcKeyboardItem *item,
 				      const char *schema,
 				      const char *key)
 {
+  GSettingsSchema *settings_schema = NULL;
+  g_autoptr(GSettingsSchemaKey) schema_key = NULL;
   g_autofree char *signal_name = NULL;
   g_autoptr(GVariant) variant = NULL;
 
   item->schema = g_strdup (schema);
   item->key = g_strdup (key);
-  item->description = g_strdup (description);
 
   item->settings = g_settings_new (item->schema);
   item->editable = g_settings_is_writable (item->settings, item->key);
 
+  // XXX ignoring argument
+  g_object_get (item->settings, "settings-schema", &settings_schema, NULL);
+  schema_key = g_settings_schema_get_key (settings_schema, key);
+  item->description = g_strdup (g_settings_schema_key_get_summary (schema_key));
+
   g_list_free_full (item->key_combos, g_free);
   item->key_combos = settings_get_key_combos (item->settings, item->key, FALSE);