diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 1db151f240..c646f11baa 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -159,4 +159,5 @@ Brandon DeRosier <btd@cheesekeg.com>
 Daniel Li <swli@edx.org>
 Daniel Friedman <dfriedman@edx.org>
 Asad Iqbal <aiqbal@edx.org>
+Peter Pinch <pdpinch@mit.edu>
 Muhammad Shoaib <mshoaib@edx.org>
diff --git a/lms/templates/courseware/courseware.html b/lms/templates/courseware/courseware.html
index 5385b8058d..030e80300b 100644
--- a/lms/templates/courseware/courseware.html
+++ b/lms/templates/courseware/courseware.html
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ ${fragment.foot_html()}
                               <tr>
                                 <td>T</td>
                                 <td>=</td>
-                                <td>${_("freezing point of water in degrees Kelvin")}</td>
+                                <td>${_("Typical room temperature: 298.15 (Kelvin), same as 25C/77F")}</td>
                               </tr>
                               <tr>
                                 <td>q</td>