diff --git a/js/ui/remoteSearch.js b/js/ui/remoteSearch.js
index 64af9e9c0..cd6afdf5a 100644
--- a/js/ui/remoteSearch.js
+++ b/js/ui/remoteSearch.js
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ const RemoteSearchProvider = new Lang.Class({
                 metas[i][prop] = metas[i][prop].deep_unpack();
             resultMetas.push({ id: metas[i]['id'],
                                name: metas[i]['name'],
+                               description: metas[i]['description'],
                                createIcon: Lang.bind(this,
                                                      this.createIcon, metas[i]) });
         }
diff --git a/js/ui/searchDisplay.js b/js/ui/searchDisplay.js
index c54cd0007..bdc45e43d 100644
--- a/js/ui/searchDisplay.js
+++ b/js/ui/searchDisplay.js
@@ -103,10 +103,9 @@ const ListSearchResult = new Lang.Class({
                              x_align: St.Align.START,
                              y_align: St.Align.START });
 
-        // TODO: should highlight terms in the description here
         if (this.metaInfo['description']) {
-            let description = new St.Label({ style_class: 'list-search-result-description',
-                                             text: '"' + this.metaInfo['description'] + '"' });
+            let description = new St.Label({ style_class: 'list-search-result-description' });
+            description.clutter_text.set_markup(this.metaInfo['description']);
             details.add(description, { x_fill: false,
                                        y_fill: false,
                                        x_align: St.Align.START,