diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 46a12d342..84cc54042 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -3927,7 +3927,7 @@ WEBLOC_LINK_TEMPLATE = '''
 DESKTOP_LINK_TEMPLATE = '''
 [Desktop Entry]
 Encoding=UTF-8
-Name=Link to %(filename)s
+Name=%(filename)s
 Type=Link
 URL=%(url)s
 Icon=text-html