diff --git a/.changeset/cool-shrimps-grin.md b/.changeset/cool-shrimps-grin.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31b5570b41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cool-shrimps-grin.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@khanacademy/perseus-editor": patch
+---
+
+[SR][sr tree] Show descriptions again
diff --git a/packages/perseus-editor/src/widgets/interactive-graph-editor/components/interactive-graph-sr-tree.tsx b/packages/perseus-editor/src/widgets/interactive-graph-editor/components/interactive-graph-sr-tree.tsx
index c0c4b931ad..d0123051ad 100644
--- a/packages/perseus-editor/src/widgets/interactive-graph-editor/components/interactive-graph-sr-tree.tsx
+++ b/packages/perseus-editor/src/widgets/interactive-graph-editor/components/interactive-graph-sr-tree.tsx
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export function getAccessibilityAttributes(
             const descriptions = ariaDescribedby.split(/ +/);
             for (const description of descriptions) {
                 const descriptionString =
-                    document.getElementById(description)?.innerText;
+                    document.getElementById(description)?.textContent;
 
                 if (descriptionString) {
                     elementAttributes.push({