diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/TimelineManager.java b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/TimelineManager.java
index 449347eba219cfa478173be64b68a3a66532b790..a3771f3828631a2bcdb4e84689766ee325b6d5d0 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/TimelineManager.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/TimelineManager.java
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ private Optional<TimelineEvent> addOtherEventDesc(BlackboardArtifact artifact) t
 			return Optional.empty();
 		}
 
-		String description = String.format("%s: %d", artifact.getArtifactTypeName(), artifact.getId());
+		String description = String.format("%s: %d", artifact.getDisplayName(), artifact.getId());
 
 		TimelineEventDescriptionWithTime evtWDesc = new TimelineEventDescriptionWithTime(timeVal, description, description, description);