diff --git a/example-conf.yml b/example-conf.yml
index ed9fc37..c55b6b2 100644
--- a/example-conf.yml
+++ b/example-conf.yml
@@ -681,10 +681,10 @@ relay:
     # This block defines various options for the Relay plugin. You don't need this
     # if you aren't using it.
 
-    # Determines whether all opers should be able to create, link, delink, destroy,
-    # and adjust claim settings on relay channels. You can disable this if you want
-    # to configure link permissions in a more fine grained way, e.g. by granting each
-    # network admin their own PyLink account.
+    # Determines whether all opers should be able to create, link, delink, destroy, and adjust
+    # claim settings & channel descriptions on relay channels. You can disable this if you want to
+    # configure Relay permissions in a more fine grained way, e.g. by granting each network admin
+    # their own PyLink account.
     # This defaults to True if not set, for consistency with older (< 2.0) PyLink versions.
     # Changing this setting requires a rehash and reload of the Relay plugin to apply.
     allow_free_oper_links: true
diff --git a/plugins/relay.py b/plugins/relay.py
index 2232d04..c7e27da 100644
--- a/plugins/relay.py
+++ b/plugins/relay.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ db = datastore.store
 default_permissions = {"*!*@*": ['relay.linked'],
                        "$ircop": ['relay.linkacl*']}
 default_oper_permissions = {"$ircop": ['relay.create', 'relay.destroy', 'relay.link',
-                                       'relay.delink', 'relay.claim']}
+                                       'relay.delink', 'relay.claim', 'relay.chandesc*']}
 
 ### INTERNAL FUNCTIONS