diff --git a/homeassistant/components/mqtt/services.yaml b/homeassistant/components/mqtt/services.yaml
index 07507035c57..4960cf9fb82 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/mqtt/services.yaml
+++ b/homeassistant/components/mqtt/services.yaml
@@ -1,32 +1,22 @@
 # Describes the format for available MQTT services
 
 publish:
-  name: Publish
-  description: Publish a message to an MQTT topic.
   fields:
     topic:
-      name: Topic
-      description: Topic to publish payload.
       required: true
       example: /homeassistant/hello
       selector:
         text:
     payload:
-      name: Payload
-      description: Payload to publish.
       example: This is great
       selector:
         text:
     payload_template:
-      name: Payload Template
-      description: Template to render as payload value. Ignored if payload given.
       advanced: true
       example: "{{ states('sensor.temperature') }}"
       selector:
         object:
     qos:
-      name: QoS
-      description: Quality of Service to use.
       advanced: true
       default: 0
       selector:
@@ -36,27 +26,17 @@ publish:
             - "1"
             - "2"
     retain:
-      name: Retain
-      description: If message should have the retain flag set.
       default: false
       selector:
         boolean:
 
 dump:
-  name: Dump
-  description:
-    Dump messages on a topic selector to the 'mqtt_dump.txt' file in your
-    configuration folder.
   fields:
     topic:
-      name: Topic
-      description: topic to listen to
       example: "OpenZWave/#"
       selector:
         text:
     duration:
-      name: Duration
-      description: how long we should listen for messages in seconds
       default: 5
       selector:
         number:
@@ -65,5 +45,3 @@ dump:
           unit_of_measurement: "seconds"
 
 reload:
-  name: Reload
-  description: Reload all MQTT entities from YAML.
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/mqtt/strings.json b/homeassistant/components/mqtt/strings.json
index 3423b2cd470..61d2b40314b 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/mqtt/strings.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/mqtt/strings.json
@@ -145,5 +145,51 @@
         "custom": "Custom"
       }
     }
+  },
+  "services": {
+    "publish": {
+      "name": "Publish",
+      "description": "Publishes a message to an MQTT topic.",
+      "fields": {
+        "topic": {
+          "name": "Topic",
+          "description": "Topic to publish to."
+        },
+        "payload": {
+          "name": "Payload",
+          "description": "The payload to publish."
+        },
+        "payload_template": {
+          "name": "Payload template",
+          "description": "Template to render as a payload value. If a payload is provided, the template is ignored."
+        },
+        "qos": {
+          "name": "QoS",
+          "description": "Quality of Service to use. O. At most once. 1: At least once. 2: Exactly once."
+        },
+        "retain": {
+          "name": "Retain",
+          "description": "If the message should have the retain flag set. If set, the broker stores the most recent message on a topic."
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "dump": {
+      "name": "Export",
+      "description": "Writes all messages on a specific topic into the `mqtt_dump.txt` file in your configuration folder.",
+      "fields": {
+        "topic": {
+          "name": "Topic",
+          "description": "Topic to listen to."
+        },
+        "duration": {
+          "name": "Duration",
+          "description": "How long we should listen for messages in seconds."
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "reload": {
+      "name": "Reload",
+      "description": "Reloads MQTT entities from the YAML-configuration."
+    }
   }
 }