diff --git a/definitions/grib1/localConcepts/ecmf/units.def b/definitions/grib1/localConcepts/ecmf/units.def
index a5789c54c..bc63e7cd7 100644
--- a/definitions/grib1/localConcepts/ecmf/units.def
+++ b/definitions/grib1/localConcepts/ecmf/units.def
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
 	 indicatorOfParameter = 42 ;
 	}
 #Soil type
-'~' = {
+'(Code table 4.213)' = {
 	 table2Version = 128 ;
 	 indicatorOfParameter = 43 ;
 	}
diff --git a/definitions/grib2/units.def b/definitions/grib2/units.def
index fe33403b3..3822020b3 100644
--- a/definitions/grib2/units.def
+++ b/definitions/grib2/units.def
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 	 typeOfFirstFixedSurface = 1 ;
 	}
 #Soil type
-'~' = {
+'(Code table 4.213)' = {
 	 discipline = 2 ;
 	 parameterCategory = 3 ;
 	 parameterNumber = 0 ;