diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/en/mandatory/subtag_registry.sql b/installer/data/mysql/en/mandatory/subtag_registry.sql
index b91aba97b3..64bcc1be79 100755
--- a/installer/data/mysql/en/mandatory/subtag_registry.sql
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/en/mandatory/subtag_registry.sql
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ INSERT INTO language_rfc4646_to_iso639(rfc4646_subtag,iso639_2_code)
 VALUES( 'hy','arm');
 
 INSERT INTO language_descriptions(subtag, type, lang, description)
-VALUES ( 'hy', 'language', 'hy', 'Հայերէն');
+VALUES ( 'hy', 'language', 'hy', 'Հայերեն');
 
 INSERT INTO language_descriptions(subtag, type, lang, description)
 VALUES( 'hy', 'language', 'en', 'Armenian');
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
index 3abb5e006c..89245856bf 100755
--- a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
@@ -8016,6 +8016,15 @@ if ( CheckVersion($DBversion) ) {
     SetVersion($DBversion);
 }
 
+$DBversion = "3.15.00.XXX";
+if ( CheckVersion($DBversion) ) {
+    $dbh->do(q{
+        UPDATE language_descriptions SET description = 'Հայերեն' WHERE subtag = 'hy' AND lang = 'hy';
+    });
+    print "Upgrade to $DBversion done (Bug 11973 - Fix Armenian language description)\n";
+    SetVersion($DBversion);
+}
+
 =head1 FUNCTIONS
 
 =head2 TableExists($table)