diff --git a/locales/en-US.yml b/locales/en-US.yml
index 2051d16c2..109e03b94 100644
--- a/locales/en-US.yml
+++ b/locales/en-US.yml
@@ -1082,38 +1082,37 @@ _2fa:
     \ authentication via hardware security keys that support FIDO2 to further secure\
     \ your account."
 _permissions:
-  "read:account": "View your account information"
-  "write:account": "Edit your account information"
-  "read:blocks": "View your list of blocked users"
-  "write:blocks": "Edit your list of blocked users"
-  "read:drive": "Access your Drive files and folders"
-  "write:drive": "Edit or delete your Drive files and folders"
-  "read:favorites": "View your list of favorites"
-  "write:favorites": "Edit your list of favorites"
-  "read:following": "View information on who you follow"
-  "write:following": "Follow or unfollow other accounts"
-  "read:messaging": "View your chats"
-  "write:messaging": "Compose or delete chat messages"
-  "read:mutes": "View your list of muted users"
-  "write:mutes": "Edit your list of muted users"
-  "write:notes": "Compose or delete notes"
-  "read:notifications": "View your notifications"
-  "write:notifications": "Manage your notifications"
-  "read:reactions": "View your reactions"
-  "write:reactions": "Edit your reactions"
-  "write:votes": "Vote on a poll"
-  "read:pages": "View your pages"
-  "write:pages": "Edit or delete your pages"
-  "read:page-likes": "View your likes on pages"
-  "write:page-likes": "Edit your likes on pages"
-  "read:user-groups": "View your user groups"
-  "write:user-groups": "Edit or delete your user groups"
-  "read:channels": "View your channels"
-  "write:channels": "Edit your channels"
-  "read:gallery": "View your gallery"
-  "write:gallery": "Edit your gallery"
-  "read:gallery-likes": "View your list of liked gallery posts"
-  "write:gallery-likes": "Edit your list of liked gallery posts"
+  "read:account": "Read account information"
+  "write:account": "Edit account information"
+  "read:blocks": "Read which users are blocked"
+  "write:blocks": "Block and unblock users"
+  "read:drive": "List files and folders in the drive"
+  "write:drive": "Create, change and delete files in the drive"
+  "read:favorites": "List favourited notes"
+  "write:favorites": "Favorite and unfavorite notes"
+  "read:following": "List followed and following users"
+  "write:following": "Follow and unfollow other users"
+  "read:messaging": "View chat messages and history"
+  "write:messaging": "Create and delete chat messages"
+  "read:mutes": "List users which are muted or whose renotes are muted"
+  "write:mutes": "Mute and unmute users or their renotes"
+  "write:notes": "Create and delete notes"
+  "read:notifications": "Read notifications"
+  "write:notifications": "Mark notifications as read and create custom notifications"
+  "write:reactions": "Create and delete reactions"
+  "write:votes": "Vote in polls"
+  "read:pages": "List and read pages"
+  "write:pages": "Create, change and delete pages"
+  "read:page-likes": "List and read page likes"
+  "write:page-likes": "Like and unlike pages"
+  "read:user-groups": "List and view joined, owned and invited to groups"
+  "write:user-groups": "Create, modify, delete, transfer, join and leave groups. Invite and ban others from groups. Accept and reject group invitations."
+  "read:channels": "List and read followed and joined channels"
+  "write:channels": "Create, modify, follow and unfollow channels"
+  "read:gallery": "List and read gallery posts"
+  "write:gallery": "Create, modify and delete gallery posts"
+  "read:gallery-likes": "List and read gallery post likes"
+  "write:gallery-likes": "Like and unlike gallery posts"
 _auth:
   shareAccess: "Would you like to authorize \"{name}\" to access this account?"
   shareAccessAsk: "Are you sure you want to authorize this application to access your\
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/misc/api-permissions.ts b/packages/backend/src/misc/api-permissions.ts
index c086286c9..160cdf9fd 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/misc/api-permissions.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/misc/api-permissions.ts
@@ -1,38 +1,35 @@
+export const kinds = [
+	'read:account',
+	'write:account',
+	'read:blocks',
+	'write:blocks',
+	'read:drive',
+	'write:drive',
+	'read:favorites',
+	'write:favorites',
+	'read:following',
+	'write:following',
+	'read:messaging',
+	'write:messaging',
+	'read:mutes',
+	'write:mutes',
+	'write:notes',
+	'read:notifications',
+	'write:notifications',
+	'read:reactions',
+	'write:reactions',
+	'write:votes',
+	'read:pages',
+	'write:pages',
+	'write:page-likes',
+	'read:page-likes',
+	'read:user-groups',
+	'write:user-groups',
+	'read:channels',
+	'write:channels',
+	'read:gallery',
+	'write:gallery',
+	'read:gallery-likes',
+	'write:gallery-likes',
+];
 // IF YOU ADD KINDS(PERMISSIONS), YOU MUST ADD TRANSLATIONS (under _permissions).
-
-// short English descriptions used for the documentation
-export const descriptions = {
-	'read:account': 'Read the accounts data.',
-	'write:account': 'Write the accounts data.',
-	'read:blocks': 'Read which users are blocked.',
-	'write:blocks': 'Create, change and delete blocks.',
-	'read:drive': 'List files and folders in the drive.',
-	'write:drive': 'Create, change and delete files from the drive.',
-	'read:favourites': 'List favourited notes.',
-	'write:favourites': 'Favourite or unfavourite notes.',
-	'read:following': 'Read who the user is following.',
-	'write:following': 'Follow or unfollow other users.',
-	'read:messaging': 'Read chat messages and history.',
-	'write:messaging': 'Create and delete chat messages.',
-	'read:mutes': 'List users which are muted or whose renotes are muted.',
-	'write:mutes': 'Create or delete (renote) mutes.',
-	'write:notes': 'Create or delete notes.',
-	'read:notifications': 'Read notifications.',
-	'write:notifications': 'Mark notifications as read or create notifications.',
-	'write:reactions': 'Create or delete reactions.',
-	'write:votes': 'Vote in polls.',
-	'read:pages': 'List and read pages.',
-	'write:pages': 'Create, modify and delete pages.',
-	'read:page-likes': 'List page likes.',
-	'write:page-likes': 'Like or unlike pages.',
-	'read:user-groups': 'List joined, owned and invited to groups.',
-	'write:user-groups': 'Create, modify, delete, transfer, join, or leave groups. Invite or ban others from groups. Accept or reject group invitations.',
-	'read:channels': 'List followed and owned channels.',
-	'write:channels': 'Create, modify, follow or unfollow channels.',
-	'read:gallery': 'Read gallery posts.',
-	'write:gallery': 'Create, modify or delete gallery posts.',
-	'read:gallery-likes': 'List which gallery posts are liked.',
-	'write:gallery-likes': 'Like or unlike gallery posts.',
-};
-
-export const kinds = Object.keys(descriptions);
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/server/api/openapi/gen-spec.ts b/packages/backend/src/server/api/openapi/gen-spec.ts
index b79558456..a7f5d5cc9 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/server/api/openapi/gen-spec.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/server/api/openapi/gen-spec.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ import { errors as errorDefinitions } from '../error.js';
 import endpoints from '../endpoints.js';
 import { schemas, convertSchemaToOpenApiSchema } from './schemas.js';
 import { httpCodes } from './http-codes.js';
-import { descriptions as scopes } from '@/misc/api-permissions.js';
+import { kinds } from '@/misc/api-permissions.js';
+import { I18n } from '@/misc/i18n.js';
+
+const i18n = new I18n('en-US');
 
 export function genOpenapiSpec() {
 	const spec = {
@@ -41,7 +44,10 @@ export function genOpenapiSpec() {
 						authorizationCode: {
 							authorizationUrl: `${config.url}/auth`,
 							tokenUrl: `${config.apiUrl}/auth/session/oauth`,
-							scopes,
+							scopes: kinds.reduce((acc, kind) => {
+								acc[kind] = i18n.ts['_permissions'][kind];
+								return acc;
+							}, {}),
 						},
 					},
 				},