diff --git a/files/helpers/wrappers.py b/files/helpers/wrappers.py
index 1a035ee4e..7938884a0 100644
--- a/files/helpers/wrappers.py
+++ b/files/helpers/wrappers.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def check_ban_evade(v):
 				continue
 
 			post.is_banned=True
-			post.ban_reason="permaban evasion"
+			post.ban_reason="AutoJanny"
 			g.db.add(post)
 			
 			ma=ModAction(
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def check_ban_evade(v):
 				continue
 
 			comment.is_banned=True
-			comment.ban_reason="permaban evasion"
+			comment.ban_reason="AutoJanny"
 			g.db.add(comment)
 
 			try:
diff --git a/files/routes/comments.py b/files/routes/comments.py
index 55d449aae..8fef826d4 100644
--- a/files/routes/comments.py
+++ b/files/routes/comments.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ def api_comment(v):
 
 			for comment in similar_comments:
 				comment.is_banned = True
-				comment.ban_reason = "Automatic spam removal. This happened because the post's creator submitted too much similar content too quickly."
+				comment.ban_reason = "AutoJanny"
 				g.db.add(comment)
 				ma=ModAction(
 					user_id=AUTOJANNY_ACCOUNT,
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ def edit_comment(cid, v):
 
 				for comment in similar_comments:
 					comment.is_banned = True
-					comment.ban_reason = "Automatic spam removal. This happened because the post's creator submitted too much similar content too quickly."
+					comment.ban_reason = "AutoJanny"
 					g.db.add(comment)
 
 				return {"error": "Too much spam!"}, 403
diff --git a/files/routes/posts.py b/files/routes/posts.py
index d6bec8c51..c96565e43 100644
--- a/files/routes/posts.py
+++ b/files/routes/posts.py
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ def submit_post(v):
 		for post in similar_posts + similar_urls:
 			post.is_banned = True
 			post.is_pinned = False
-			post.ban_reason = "Automatic spam removal. This happened because the post's creator submitted too much similar content too quickly."
+			post.ban_reason = "AutoJanny"
 			g.db.add(post)
 			ma=ModAction(
 					user_id=AUTOJANNY_ACCOUNT,
diff --git a/schema.sql b/schema.sql
index 8709ac37d..f31b91f59 100644
--- a/schema.sql
+++ b/schema.sql
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ CREATE TABLE public.comments (
     is_pinned character varying(30),
     body character varying(10000),
     body_html character varying(40000),
-    ban_reason character varying(256),
+    ban_reason character varying(25),
     notifiedto integer
 );
 
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ CREATE TABLE public.submissions (
     body character varying(10000),
     body_html character varying(20000),
     embed_url character varying(1500),
-    ban_reason character varying(256),
+    ban_reason character varying(25),
     title_html character varying(1500)
 );