diff --git a/beets/mediafile.py b/beets/mediafile.py
index 9b90488e9..049d069fb 100644
--- a/beets/mediafile.py
+++ b/beets/mediafile.py
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ class MediaFile(object):
         StorageStyle('DESCRIPTION'),
         StorageStyle('COMMENT'),
         ASFStorageStyle('WM/Comments'),
-        StorageStyle('Description')
+        ASFStorageStyle('Description')
     )
     bpm = MediaField(
         MP3StorageStyle('TBPM'),
diff --git a/test/rsrc/pure.wma b/test/rsrc/pure.wma
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dee3f7bf
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/rsrc/pure.wma differ
diff --git a/test/test_mediafile.py b/test/test_mediafile.py
index e4f3edcb4..3d50b7b08 100644
--- a/test/test_mediafile.py
+++ b/test/test_mediafile.py
@@ -770,6 +770,12 @@ class WMATest(ReadWriteTestBase, ExtendedImageStructureTestMixin,
         mediafile = MediaFile(mediafile.path)
         self.assertIn(mediafile.genre, [u'one', u'two'])
 
+    def test_read_pure_tags(self):
+        mediafile = self._mediafile_fixture('pure')
+        self.assertEqual(mediafile.comments, 'the comments')
+        self.assertEqual(mediafile.title, 'the title')
+        self.assertEqual(mediafile.artist, 'the artist')
+
 
 class OggTest(ReadWriteTestBase, ExtendedImageStructureTestMixin,
               unittest.TestCase):