--- lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/PerMsgStatus.pm.bckp
+++ lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/PerMsgStatus.pm
@@ -2212,6 +2212,12 @@
 C<hit_rule> plugin call, called by this method.  If unset, I<'unknown'> is
 used.
 
+=item description => $string
+
+Optional: a custom rule description string.  This is used in the
+C<hit_rule> plugin call, called by this method. If unset, the static
+description is used.
+
 =back
 
 Backwards compatibility: the two mandatory arguments have been part of this API
@@ -2239,6 +2245,11 @@
   # default ruletype, if not specified:
   $params{ruletype} ||= 'unknown';
 
+  for my $set (0..3) {
+    $self->{conf}->{scoreset}->[$set]->{$rule} = 
+         sprintf("%0.3f", $params{score} || $self->{conf}->{scores}->{$rule});
+  }
+
   $self->_handle_hit($rule,
             $params{score} || $self->{conf}->{scores}->{$rule},
             $area,
@@ -2243,7 +2254,7 @@
             $params{score} || $self->{conf}->{scores}->{$rule},
             $area,
             $params{ruletype},
-            $self->{conf}->get_description_for_rule($rule) || $rule);
+            $params{description} || $self->{conf}->get_description_for_rule($rule) || $rule);
 
   # take care of duplicate rules, too (bug 5206)
   my $dups = $self->{conf}->{duplicate_rules}->{$rule};