diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/CommandSystem/Context.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/CommandSystem/Context.cs
index 77600daa..710e8f22 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/CommandSystem/Context.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/CommandSystem/Context.cs
@@ -286,6 +286,9 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot
 
         public LookupContext LookupContextFor(PKSystem target) => 
             System?.Id == target.Id ? LookupContext.ByOwner : LookupContext.ByNonOwner;
+        
+        public LookupContext LookupContextFor(int systemId) => 
+            System?.Id == systemId ? LookupContext.ByOwner : LookupContext.ByNonOwner;
 
         public Context CheckSystemPrivacy(PKSystem target, PrivacyLevel level)
         {
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/MemberEdit.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/MemberEdit.cs
index b6243c42..50dcda25 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/MemberEdit.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/MemberEdit.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
+using Discord;
+
 using NodaTime;
 
 using PluralKit.Core;
@@ -50,16 +52,42 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot
         }
         
         public async Task Description(Context ctx, PKMember target) {
+            var description = ctx.RemainderOrNull()?.NormalizeLineEndSpacing();
+
+            var lookupContext = ctx.LookupContextFor(target.System);
+            if (description == null)
+            {
+                if (!target.MemberPrivacy.CanAccess(lookupContext))
+                    throw Errors.LookupNotAllowed;
+                if (target.Description == null)
+                    if (lookupContext == LookupContext.ByOwner)
+                        await ctx.Reply("This member does not have a description set. To set one, type `pk;s description <description>`.");
+                    else
+                        await ctx.Reply("This member does not have a description set.");
+                else if (ctx.MatchFlag("r", "raw"))
+                    await ctx.Reply($"```\n{target.Description}\n```");
+                else
+                    await ctx.Reply(embed: new EmbedBuilder()
+                        .WithTitle("Member description")
+                        .WithDescription(target.Description)
+                        .WithFooter($"To print the description with formatting, type `pk;m {target.Hid} description -raw`." 
+                                    + (lookupContext == LookupContext.ByOwner ? $" To clear it, type `pk;m {target.Hid} description -clear`." : ""))
+                        .Build());
+
+                return;
+            }
+
             if (ctx.System == null) throw Errors.NoSystemError;
             if (target.System != ctx.System.Id) throw Errors.NotOwnMemberError;
 
-            var description = ctx.RemainderOrNull()?.NormalizeLineEndSpacing();
-            if (description.IsLongerThan(Limits.MaxDescriptionLength)) throw Errors.DescriptionTooLongError(description.Length);
-
-            target.Description = description;
+            if (ctx.MatchFlag("c", "clear") || ctx.Match("clear"))
+                target.Description = null;
+            else if (description.IsLongerThan(Limits.MaxDescriptionLength))
+                throw Errors.DescriptionTooLongError(description.Length);
+            else target.Description = description;
+                    
             await _data.SaveMember(target);
-
-            await ctx.Reply($"{Emojis.Success} Member description {(description == null ? "cleared" : "changed")}.");
+            await ctx.Reply($"{Emojis.Success} Member description {(target.Description == null ? "cleared" : "changed")}.");
         }
         
         public async Task Pronouns(Context ctx, PKMember target) {
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Errors.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Errors.cs
index 7c91929b..bedd16b6 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Errors.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Errors.cs
@@ -112,5 +112,6 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot {
         public static PKError GenericCancelled() => new PKError("Operation cancelled.");
 
         public static PKError AttachmentTooLarge => new PKError("PluralKit cannot proxy attachments over 8 megabytes (as webhooks aren't considered as having Discord Nitro) :(");
+        public static PKError LookupNotAllowed => new PKError("You do not have permission to access this information.");
     }
 }
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