diff --git a/searx/templates/courgette/opensearch.xml b/searx/templates/courgette/opensearch.xml
index ff9eac55b..b85c3a7f5 100644
--- a/searx/templates/courgette/opensearch.xml
+++ b/searx/templates/courgette/opensearch.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
   <ShortName>searx</ShortName>
-  <Description>Search searx</Description>
+  <Description>a privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine</Description>
   <InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
   <Image>{{ host }}{{ url_for('static', filename='img/favicon.png') | replace("/", "", 1) }}</Image>
   <LongName>searx metasearch</LongName>
diff --git a/searx/templates/default/opensearch.xml b/searx/templates/default/opensearch.xml
index ff9eac55b..b85c3a7f5 100644
--- a/searx/templates/default/opensearch.xml
+++ b/searx/templates/default/opensearch.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
   <ShortName>searx</ShortName>
-  <Description>Search searx</Description>
+  <Description>a privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine</Description>
   <InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
   <Image>{{ host }}{{ url_for('static', filename='img/favicon.png') | replace("/", "", 1) }}</Image>
   <LongName>searx metasearch</LongName>
diff --git a/searx/templates/oscar/opensearch.xml b/searx/templates/oscar/opensearch.xml
index ff9eac55b..b85c3a7f5 100644
--- a/searx/templates/oscar/opensearch.xml
+++ b/searx/templates/oscar/opensearch.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
   <ShortName>searx</ShortName>
-  <Description>Search searx</Description>
+  <Description>a privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine</Description>
   <InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
   <Image>{{ host }}{{ url_for('static', filename='img/favicon.png') | replace("/", "", 1) }}</Image>
   <LongName>searx metasearch</LongName>
diff --git a/searx/tests/test_webapp.py b/searx/tests/test_webapp.py
index 1d9cc649c..071c01df3 100644
--- a/searx/tests/test_webapp.py
+++ b/searx/tests/test_webapp.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class ViewsTestCase(SearxTestCase):
     def test_opensearch_xml(self):
         result = self.app.get('/opensearch.xml')
         self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 200)
-        self.assertIn('<Description>Search searx</Description>', result.data)
+        self.assertIn('<Description>a privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine</Description>', result.data)
 
     def test_favicon(self):
         result = self.app.get('/favicon.ico')