Repeating add a description in iPhoto

I find that the 'add a description' field under the information tab will populate itself with a common description that I may have put on one or two photos - but now it is on hundreds of them.  Sometimes it is a camera brand name - some times it is the repeating notation.  Anyone know how they may have gotten there and is there a group way to remove the notation?

I will reply to my own note - I used search to locate the photos with the phrase.  I selected all of them.  Then used PHOTOS>BATCH CHANGE - selected Description and unchecked the box that says APPEND TO EXISTING.  With the text field blank - it inserted the blank into all the selected photos.  Still not sure how it got there, but it is now fixed.

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