diff --git a/yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Class/Yesod.hs b/yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Class/Yesod.hs
index 3a3756c6..7a66aa81 100644
--- a/yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Class/Yesod.hs
+++ b/yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Class/Yesod.hs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class RenderRoute site => Yesod site where
#{pageTitle p}
$maybe description <- pageDescription p
- <meta type="description" content="#{description}">
+ <meta name="description" content="#{description}">
^{pageHead p}
<body>
$forall (status, msg) <- msgs
diff --git a/yesod-core/test/YesodCoreTest/Meta.hs b/yesod-core/test/YesodCoreTest/Meta.hs
index 6bd9af28..03e6e8ac 100644
--- a/yesod-core/test/YesodCoreTest/Meta.hs
+++ b/yesod-core/test/YesodCoreTest/Meta.hs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ metaTest = describe "Setting page metadata" $ do
res <- request defaultRequest
{ pathInfo = ["desc"]
}
- assertBody "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html><head><title>