diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/components/Datasource/ChangeDatasourceModal.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/components/Datasource/ChangeDatasourceModal.tsx
index abdc8a10d49e0..d427858f59c92 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/components/Datasource/ChangeDatasourceModal.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/components/Datasource/ChangeDatasourceModal.tsx
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ const ChangeDatasourceModal: FunctionComponent<ChangeDatasourceModalProps> = ({
   };
 
   const columns = [
+    {
+      Header: t('Description'),
+      accessor: 'description',
+    },
     {
       Cell: ({ row: { original } }: any) => (
         <StyledSpan
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/pages/ChartCreation/index.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/pages/ChartCreation/index.tsx
index c09172e99d4f5..7a4ec1b74bb24 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/pages/ChartCreation/index.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/pages/ChartCreation/index.tsx
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ export class ChartCreation extends React.PureComponent<
           </TooltipContent>
         }
       >
-        <StyledLabel>{item.table_name}</StyledLabel>
+        <StyledLabel>{item.description}</StyledLabel>
       </Tooltip>
     );
   }
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/pages/DatasetList/index.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/pages/DatasetList/index.tsx
index 6d13580e537f6..f7bf6dcbbb1b5 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/pages/DatasetList/index.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/pages/DatasetList/index.tsx
@@ -304,6 +304,11 @@ const DatasetList: FunctionComponent<DatasetListProps> = ({
         size: 'xs',
         id: 'id',
       },
+      {
+        Header: t('Description'),
+        accessor: 'description',
+        size: 'md',
+      },
       {
         Cell: ({
           row: {