diff --git a/Content.Shared/Stealth/Components/StealthComponent.cs b/Content.Shared/Stealth/Components/StealthComponent.cs
index be7bbe2f54..6a4cc23e74 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Stealth/Components/StealthComponent.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Stealth/Components/StealthComponent.cs
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ public sealed class StealthComponent : Component
     /// </summary>
     [DataField("maxVisibility")]
     public readonly float MaxVisibility = 1.5f;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Localization string for how you'd like to describe this effect.
+    /// </summary>
+    [DataField("examinedDesc")]
+    public string ExaminedDesc = "stealth-visual-effect";
 }
 
 [Serializable, NetSerializable]
diff --git a/Content.Shared/Stealth/SharedStealthSystem.cs b/Content.Shared/Stealth/SharedStealthSystem.cs
index 46d04beaff..7d5840c9a2 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Stealth/SharedStealthSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Stealth/SharedStealthSystem.cs
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ public abstract class SharedStealthSystem : EntitySystem
         SubscribeLocalEvent<StealthOnMoveComponent, GetVisibilityModifiersEvent>(OnGetVisibilityModifiers);
         SubscribeLocalEvent<StealthComponent, EntityPausedEvent>(OnPaused);
         SubscribeLocalEvent<StealthComponent, ComponentInit>(OnInit);
-        SubscribeLocalEvent<StealthComponent, ExamineAttemptEvent>(OnExamine);
+        SubscribeLocalEvent<StealthComponent, ExamineAttemptEvent>(OnExamineAttempt);
+        SubscribeLocalEvent<StealthComponent, ExaminedEvent>(OnExamined);
     }
 
-    private void OnExamine(EntityUid uid, StealthComponent component, ExamineAttemptEvent args)
+    private void OnExamineAttempt(EntityUid uid, StealthComponent component, ExamineAttemptEvent args)
     {
         if (!component.Enabled || GetVisibility(uid, component) > component.ExamineThreshold)
             return;
@@ -41,6 +42,12 @@ public abstract class SharedStealthSystem : EntitySystem
         args.Cancel();
     }
 
+    private void OnExamined(EntityUid uid, StealthComponent component, ExaminedEvent args)
+    {
+        if (component.Enabled)
+            args.PushMarkup(Loc.GetString(component.ExaminedDesc, ("target", uid)));
+    }
+
     public virtual void SetEnabled(EntityUid uid, bool value, StealthComponent? component = null)
     {
         if (!Resolve(uid, ref component, false) || component.Enabled == value)
diff --git a/Resources/Locale/en-US/visual_effects.ftl b/Resources/Locale/en-US/visual_effects.ftl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d01dd10518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/Locale/en-US/visual_effects.ftl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+stealth-visual-effect = [color=lightslategray]{CAPITALIZE(SUBJECT($target))} {CONJUGATE-BASIC($target, "shimmer", "shimmers")} with strange transparency.[/color]