diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/featured_topics.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/featured_topics.js.handlebars
index afc1a07b66c..8189782865d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/featured_topics.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/featured_topics.js.handlebars
@@ -13,34 +13,42 @@
     <th class='num'>{{i18n age}}</th>
   </tr>
 
+  {{#if description_excerpt}}
+    <tr class="category-description">
+      <td colspan="3">
+        {{{description_excerpt}}}
+      </td>
+    </tr>
+  {{/if}}
+
   {{#each topics}}
     <tr {{bindAttr class="archived"}}>
       <td class='main-link'>
         <div class='topic-inset'>
           {{topicStatus topic=this}}
           {{{topicLink this}}}
-        {{#if unread}}
-          <a href="{{unbound lastReadUrl}}" class='badge unread badge-notification' title='{{i18n topic.unread_posts unread="unread"}}'>{{unbound unread}}</a>
-        {{/if}}
-        {{#if new_posts}}
-          <a href="{{unbound lastReadUrl}}" class='badge new-posts badge-notification' title='{{i18n topic.new_posts new_posts="new_posts"}}'>{{unbound new_posts}}</a>
-        {{/if}}
-        {{#if unseen}}
-          <a href="{{unbound lastReadUrl}}" class='badge new-posts badge-notification' title='{{i18n topic.new}}'><i class='icon icon-asterisk'></i></a>
-        {{/if}}
 
-        {{#if hasExcerpt}}
-          <div class="topic-excerpt">
-            {{{excerpt}}}
-            {{#if excerptTruncated}}
-              {{#unless canClearPin}}<a href="{{lastReadUrl}}">{{i18n read_more}}</a>{{/unless}}
-            {{/if}}
-            {{#if canClearPin}}
-              <a href="#" {{action clearPin this}} title="{{unbound i18n topic.clear_pin.help}}">{{i18n topic.clear_pin.title}}</a>
-            {{/if}}
-          </div>
-        {{/if}}
+          {{#if unread}}
+            <a href="{{unbound lastReadUrl}}" class='badge unread badge-notification' title='{{i18n topic.unread_posts unread="unread"}}'>{{unbound unread}}</a>
+          {{/if}}
+          {{#if new_posts}}
+            <a href="{{unbound lastReadUrl}}" class='badge new-posts badge-notification' title='{{i18n topic.new_posts new_posts="new_posts"}}'>{{unbound new_posts}}</a>
+          {{/if}}
+          {{#if unseen}}
+            <a href="{{unbound lastReadUrl}}" class='badge new-posts badge-notification' title='{{i18n topic.new}}'><i class='icon icon-asterisk'></i></a>
+          {{/if}}
 
+          {{#if hasExcerpt}}
+            <div class="topic-excerpt">
+              {{{excerpt}}}
+              {{#if excerptTruncated}}
+                {{#unless canClearPin}}<a href="{{lastReadUrl}}">{{i18n read_more}}</a>{{/unless}}
+              {{/if}}
+              {{#if canClearPin}}
+                <a href="#" {{action clearPin this}} title="{{unbound i18n topic.clear_pin.help}}">{{i18n topic.clear_pin.title}}</a>
+              {{/if}}
+            </div>
+          {{/if}}
         </div>
       </td>
       <td class='num'><span class='badge-posts'>{{number posts_count}}</span></td>
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application/topic-list.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/application/topic-list.css.scss
index c06854f5d77..a562f9700a0 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application/topic-list.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application/topic-list.css.scss
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@
       vertical-align: top;
       margin-top: 2px;
     }
+    &.category-description {
+      td {
+        color: lighten($topic-list-td-color, 5%);
+      }
+    }
   }
   th,
   td {
diff --git a/app/models/category_featured_topic.rb b/app/models/category_featured_topic.rb
index 32165840d57..4e7b55078e1 100644
--- a/app/models/category_featured_topic.rb
+++ b/app/models/category_featured_topic.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class CategoryFeaturedTopic < ActiveRecord::Base
       admin.admin = true
       admin.id = -1
 
-      query = TopicQuery.new(admin, per_page: SiteSetting.category_featured_topics)
+      query = TopicQuery.new(admin, per_page: SiteSetting.category_featured_topics, except_topic_id: c.topic_id)
       results = query.list_category(c)
       if results.present?
         results.topic_ids.each_with_index do |topic_id, idx|
diff --git a/app/serializers/category_detailed_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/category_detailed_serializer.rb
index a11ae6b971c..2d8841f4723 100644
--- a/app/serializers/category_detailed_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/category_detailed_serializer.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class CategoryDetailedSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
              :topics_month,
              :topics_year,
              :description,
+             :description_excerpt,
              :is_uncategorized
 
   has_many :featured_users, serializer: BasicUserSerializer
@@ -39,4 +40,8 @@ class CategoryDetailedSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
     return displayable_topics.present?
   end
 
+  def description_excerpt
+    PrettyText.excerpt(description,300) if description
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/category_featured_topic_spec.rb b/spec/models/category_featured_topic_spec.rb
index f40577bbf00..6baa36e97d1 100644
--- a/spec/models/category_featured_topic_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/category_featured_topic_spec.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ describe CategoryFeaturedTopic do
     category.allow(Group[:trust_level_1])
     category.save
 
-    post = PostCreator.create(user, raw: "this is my new post 123 post", title: "hello world")
+    uncategorized_post = PostCreator.create(user, raw: "this is my new post 123 post", title: "hello world")
+    category_post = PostCreator.create(user, raw: "I put this post in the category", title: "categorize THIS", category: category.name)
 
     CategoryFeaturedTopic.feature_topics_for(category)
     CategoryFeaturedTopic.count.should == 1