diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/TimelineManager.java b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/TimelineManager.java
index 86af1c109f747dd89f9deccb7eb8660f60afe6f3..e8b981827a88fea25809790e338787bfbd60dee4 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/TimelineManager.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/TimelineManager.java
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ 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);