diff --git a/tests/e_brel_bma/name b/tests/e_brel_bma/name
index d7455873..9843871b 100644
--- a/tests/e_brel_bma/name
+++ b/tests/e_brel_bma/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-block relocation table using the memory array implementation
+block relocation table using memory array implementation
diff --git a/tests/e_irel_ima/name b/tests/e_irel_ima/name
index 6efd72e5..d19d277a 100644
--- a/tests/e_irel_ima/name
+++ b/tests/e_irel_ima/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-inode relocation table using the memory array implementation
+inode relocation table using memory array implementation
diff --git a/tests/f_bigalloc_symlink_with_xattr/name b/tests/f_bigalloc_symlink_with_xattr/name
index f612796f..8adbd9ab 100644
--- a/tests/f_bigalloc_symlink_with_xattr/name
+++ b/tests/f_bigalloc_symlink_with_xattr/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-fast symlink with external xattr block on bigalloc filesystem
+fast symlink + xattr block on bigalloc fs
diff --git a/tests/f_boundscheck/name b/tests/f_boundscheck/name
index 192d2794..7d71be54 100644
--- a/tests/f_boundscheck/name
+++ b/tests/f_boundscheck/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-infinite loop due to off by one error when finding free space for inode table relocation
+infinite loop when finding table free space
diff --git a/tests/f_convert_bmap_and_extent/name b/tests/f_convert_bmap_and_extent/name
index c9394c62..1a587941 100644
--- a/tests/f_convert_bmap_and_extent/name
+++ b/tests/f_convert_bmap_and_extent/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-convert blockmap and extents files to extents files
+convert blockmap to extents files
diff --git a/tests/f_deleted_inode_bad_csum/name b/tests/f_deleted_inode_bad_csum/name
index 516701a3..c034ace6 100644
--- a/tests/f_deleted_inode_bad_csum/name
+++ b/tests/f_deleted_inode_bad_csum/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-deleted inode with a bad csum that wasn't getting fixed (metadata_csum)
+deleted inode with bad metadata_csum wasn't fixed
diff --git a/tests/f_dir_bad_csum/name b/tests/f_dir_bad_csum/name
index 140ae45b..6397e9d2 100644
--- a/tests/f_dir_bad_csum/name
+++ b/tests/f_dir_bad_csum/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-dir block w/ missing/bad csum, no tail, or dir block corruption (metadata_csum)
+dir block w/ missing/bad csum/tail or block corruption
diff --git a/tests/f_htree_bad_csum/name b/tests/f_htree_bad_csum/name
index ebfc3eaa..33883534 100644
--- a/tests/f_htree_bad_csum/name
+++ b/tests/f_htree_bad_csum/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-htree block w/ missing/bad csum, bad protective dirent, or htree index corruption (metadata_csum)
+htree block bad csum/tail dirent/htree index corruption
diff --git a/tests/f_hugedir_blocks/name b/tests/f_hugedir_blocks/name
index d74761b4..58b79160 100644
--- a/tests/f_hugedir_blocks/name
+++ b/tests/f_hugedir_blocks/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-crash e2fsck with a dir with an impossibly high logical blk offset
+dir crashes e2fsck with impossible logical blk offset
diff --git a/tests/f_jnl_etb_alloc_fail/name b/tests/f_jnl_etb_alloc_fail/name
index 7651fdc1..d9bce1c9 100644
--- a/tests/f_jnl_etb_alloc_fail/name
+++ b/tests/f_jnl_etb_alloc_fail/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-can't allocate extent tree block while recreating journal
+can't allocate extent tree block recreating journal
diff --git a/tests/f_rebuild_csum_rootdir/name b/tests/f_rebuild_csum_rootdir/name
index b246f480..5ea20976 100644
--- a/tests/f_rebuild_csum_rootdir/name
+++ b/tests/f_rebuild_csum_rootdir/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-force fsck to rebuild a corrupted rootdir w/ metadata_csum
+force rebuild corrupted rootdir w/ metadata_csum
diff --git a/tests/f_uninit_ext_past_eof2/name b/tests/f_uninit_ext_past_eof2/name
index 352a0f56..025cc447 100644
--- a/tests/f_uninit_ext_past_eof2/name
+++ b/tests/f_uninit_ext_past_eof2/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-fallocated extents after nonzero i_size and total extents > 4
+fallocate extents w/ nonzero i_size and extents > 4
diff --git a/tests/f_write_ea_toosmall_extra_isize/name b/tests/f_write_ea_toosmall_extra_isize/name
index 718c12cf..a1ebc7fa 100644
--- a/tests/f_write_ea_toosmall_extra_isize/name
+++ b/tests/f_write_ea_toosmall_extra_isize/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-write EA when i_extra_size is too small to make sense
+write EA when i_extra_size is too small
diff --git a/tests/j_corrupt_ext_jnl_sb_block/name b/tests/j_corrupt_ext_jnl_sb_block/name
index a5188be8..35f1689c 100644
--- a/tests/j_corrupt_ext_jnl_sb_block/name
+++ b/tests/j_corrupt_ext_jnl_sb_block/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-corrupt external journal fs superblock block (metadata_csum)
+corrupt mcsum ext jnl fs superblock block
diff --git a/tests/j_corrupt_ext_jnl_sb_csum/name b/tests/j_corrupt_ext_jnl_sb_csum/name
index c182f810..7e73971e 100644
--- a/tests/j_corrupt_ext_jnl_sb_csum/name
+++ b/tests/j_corrupt_ext_jnl_sb_csum/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-corrupt external journal fs superblock csum (metadata_csum)
+corrupt external journal superblock metadata_csum
diff --git a/tests/j_ext_long_revoke_trans/name b/tests/j_ext_long_revoke_trans/name
index 777010d8..932a5bd6 100644
--- a/tests/j_ext_long_revoke_trans/name
+++ b/tests/j_ext_long_revoke_trans/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-revoked transaction nuking free space w/ ext. journal
+revoke trans nuking free space w/ ext. journal
diff --git a/tests/j_long_revoke_trans_mcsum_32bit/name b/tests/j_long_revoke_trans_mcsum_32bit/name
index 3d78c07c..1aca67d0 100644
--- a/tests/j_long_revoke_trans_mcsum_32bit/name
+++ b/tests/j_long_revoke_trans_mcsum_32bit/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-revoked transaction nuking free space on 32bit,metadata_csum
+revoked trans nuking free space 32bit,mcsum
diff --git a/tests/j_long_revoke_trans_mcsum_64bit/name b/tests/j_long_revoke_trans_mcsum_64bit/name
index 809900b7..0fa20fe3 100644
--- a/tests/j_long_revoke_trans_mcsum_64bit/name
+++ b/tests/j_long_revoke_trans_mcsum_64bit/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-revoked transaction nuking free space on 64bit,metadata_csum
+revoke trans nuking free space 64bit,mcsum
diff --git a/tests/j_long_trans_mcsum_32bit/name b/tests/j_long_trans_mcsum_32bit/name
index ac43f51f..d4473d92 100644
--- a/tests/j_long_trans_mcsum_32bit/name
+++ b/tests/j_long_trans_mcsum_32bit/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-transaction nuking free space on 32bit,metadata_csum
+trans nuking free space 32bit,meta_csum
diff --git a/tests/j_long_trans_mcsum_64bit/name b/tests/j_long_trans_mcsum_64bit/name
index 9dab3388..e204e795 100644
--- a/tests/j_long_trans_mcsum_64bit/name
+++ b/tests/j_long_trans_mcsum_64bit/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-transaction nuking free space on 64bit,metadata_csum
+trans nuking free space 64bit,meta_csum
diff --git a/tests/j_short_revoke_trans_mcsum_64bit/name b/tests/j_short_revoke_trans_mcsum_64bit/name
index fb286fd4..de05e510 100644
--- a/tests/j_short_revoke_trans_mcsum_64bit/name
+++ b/tests/j_short_revoke_trans_mcsum_64bit/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-revoke blocks of transaction nuking the bitmaps on 64bit,metadata_csum
+revoke trans nuking bmap 64bit,meta_csum
diff --git a/tests/j_short_trans_mcsum_64bit/name b/tests/j_short_trans_mcsum_64bit/name
index 4751cc2e..da839e9f 100644
--- a/tests/j_short_trans_mcsum_64bit/name
+++ b/tests/j_short_trans_mcsum_64bit/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-transaction nuking the bitmaps on 64bit,metadata_csum
+trans nuking bitmaps 64bit,meta_csum
diff --git a/tests/j_short_trans_old_csum/name b/tests/j_short_trans_old_csum/name
index 2e81f94d..435e9bcc 100644
--- a/tests/j_short_trans_old_csum/name
+++ b/tests/j_short_trans_old_csum/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-transaction nuking the bitmaps with old journal checksum (v1)
+trans nuking bitmaps v1 journal csum
diff --git a/tests/j_short_trans_open_recover/name b/tests/j_short_trans_open_recover/name
index 892e95c3..c6bb568f 100644
--- a/tests/j_short_trans_open_recover/name
+++ b/tests/j_short_trans_open_recover/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ensure we can't recover the journal with journal open
+don't recover open journal
diff --git a/tests/j_short_trans_recover_mcsum_64bit/name b/tests/j_short_trans_recover_mcsum_64bit/name
index 7ccdcb0c..01b4acd6 100644
--- a/tests/j_short_trans_recover_mcsum_64bit/name
+++ b/tests/j_short_trans_recover_mcsum_64bit/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-uncommitted transaction nuking the bitmaps on 64bit,metadata_csum (debugfs recover)
+uncommitted trans nuking bmap 64bit,mcsum
diff --git a/tests/j_short_uncommitted_trans_mcsum_64bit/name b/tests/j_short_uncommitted_trans_mcsum_64bit/name
index 9771f4b9..91139508 100644
--- a/tests/j_short_uncommitted_trans_mcsum_64bit/name
+++ b/tests/j_short_uncommitted_trans_mcsum_64bit/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-uncommitted transaction nuking the bitmaps on 64bit,metadata_csum
+uncommitted trans nuking bmap 64b,mcsum
diff --git a/tests/m_hugefile_slack/name b/tests/m_hugefile_slack/name
index 8d51fd6a..fd4e4d09 100644
--- a/tests/m_hugefile_slack/name
+++ b/tests/m_hugefile_slack/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-mke2fs creating a hugefile fs with a lot of slack
+mke2fs create hugefile fs with slack
diff --git a/tests/r_32to64bit_expand_full/name b/tests/r_32to64bit_expand_full/name
index 2f046011..34b08c7e 100644
--- a/tests/r_32to64bit_expand_full/name
+++ b/tests/r_32to64bit_expand_full/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-convert a totally full filesystem to 64bit, then expand
+convert+expand full fs to 64bit
diff --git a/tests/r_32to64bit_move_itable/name b/tests/r_32to64bit_move_itable/name
index 7e6bb254..7dc2155f 100644
--- a/tests/r_32to64bit_move_itable/name
+++ b/tests/r_32to64bit_move_itable/name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-convert 32bit fs to 64bit fs, forcing inode table move
+convert 32 to 64bit w/ itable move
diff --git a/tests/t_change_uuid_mcsum_seed_mounted/script b/tests/t_change_uuid_mcsum_seed_mounted/script
index 05b0bd79..2b437fb2 100755
--- a/tests/t_change_uuid_mcsum_seed_mounted/script
+++ b/tests/t_change_uuid_mcsum_seed_mounted/script
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-test_description="change uuid on a metadata-csum with mcsum-seed"
+test_description="change meta-csum uuid with mcsum-seed"
 
 trap "rm -rf $TMPFILE $TMPFILE.conf" EXIT INT QUIT
 dd if=/dev/zero of=$TMPFILE bs=1k count=512 > /dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/tests/t_disable_changed_csum_seed/script b/tests/t_disable_changed_csum_seed/script
index 9443731c..bd489255 100755
--- a/tests/t_disable_changed_csum_seed/script
+++ b/tests/t_disable_changed_csum_seed/script
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-test_description="disable csum seed via tune2fs after changing uuid"
+test_description="tune2fs disable csum seed after uuid change"
 
 trap "rm -rf $TMPFILE $TMPFILE.conf" EXIT INT QUIT
 dd if=/dev/zero of=$TMPFILE bs=1k count=512 > /dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/tests/t_disable_changed_csum_seed_mounted/script b/tests/t_disable_changed_csum_seed_mounted/script
index 3be6dd95..203253cf 100755
--- a/tests/t_disable_changed_csum_seed_mounted/script
+++ b/tests/t_disable_changed_csum_seed_mounted/script
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-test_description="disable csum seed on mounted fs via tune2fs after changing uuid"
+test_description="mounted tune2fs disable csum+uuid"
 
 trap "rm -rf $TMPFILE $TMPFILE.conf" EXIT INT QUIT
 dd if=/dev/zero of=$TMPFILE bs=1k count=512 > /dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/tests/u_revert_64bitmcsum_onefile/script b/tests/u_revert_64bitmcsum_onefile/script
index f1d7c2bc..6249ff27 100644
--- a/tests/u_revert_64bitmcsum_onefile/script
+++ b/tests/u_revert_64bitmcsum_onefile/script
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-test_description="convert fs to 64bit,metadata_csum and revert as one undo file"
+test_description="convert fs to 64bit,mcsum and revert undo file"
 if test -x $RESIZE2FS_EXE -a -x $E2UNDO_EXE; then
 
 TDB_FILE=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/resize2fs-$(basename $TMPFILE).e2undo
diff --git a/tests/u_revert_all_onefile/script b/tests/u_revert_all_onefile/script
index 27b3b235..6911ec66 100644
--- a/tests/u_revert_all_onefile/script
+++ b/tests/u_revert_all_onefile/script
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-test_description="convert fs to 64bit,metadata_csum and revert as one undo file"
+test_description="convert 64bit,mcsum and revert undo file"
 if test -x $RESIZE2FS_EXE -a -x $E2UNDO_EXE; then
 
 TDB_FILE=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/resize2fs-$(basename $TMPFILE).e2undo
diff --git a/tests/u_revert_upgrade_to_64bitmcsum/script b/tests/u_revert_upgrade_to_64bitmcsum/script
index 6120d00f..6599b050 100644
--- a/tests/u_revert_upgrade_to_64bitmcsum/script
+++ b/tests/u_revert_upgrade_to_64bitmcsum/script
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-test_description="convert fs to 64bit,metadata_csum and revert both changes"
+test_description="convert 64bit,mcsum and revert both"
 if test -x $RESIZE2FS_EXE -a -x $E2UNDO_EXE; then
 
 TDB_FILE=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/resize2fs-$(basename $TMPFILE).e2undo