diff --git a/docs/API.md b/docs/API.md
index 0b1a9ea86..61bec73bb 100644
--- a/docs/API.md
+++ b/docs/API.md
@@ -203,14 +203,15 @@ PushNotification.createChannel(
   },
   {
     id: 'testchannel1',
-    description: 'My first test channel',
+    name: 'First channel',
+    description: 'This is my very first notification channel',
     importance: 3,
     vibration: true
   }
 );
 ```
 
-The above will create a channel for your app. You'll need to provide the `id`, `description` and `importance` properties. 
+The above will create a channel for your app. You'll need to provide the `id`, `name` and `importance` properties, `description` is optional. The importance property goes from 1 = Lowest, 2 = Low, 3 = Normal, 4 = High and 5 = Highest. 
 
 A default channel with the id "PushPluginChannel" is created automatically. To make changes to the default channel's settings, create a channel with the id "PushPluginChannel" before calling the PushNotification.init function.
 
@@ -219,7 +220,8 @@ A default channel with the id "PushPluginChannel" is created automatically. To m
 | Property                         | Type      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
 | -------------------------------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `id`                             | `String`  | The id of the channel. Must be unique per package. The value may be truncated if it is too long.                                                                                                                                    |
-| `description`                    | `String`  | The user visible name of the channel. The recommended maximum length is 40 characters; the value may be truncated if it is too long.                                                                                                |
+| `name`                           | `String`  | The user visible name of the channel. The recommended maximum length is 40 characters; the value may be truncated if it is too long.                                                                                                |
+| `description`                    | `String`  | The user visible description of the channel. The recommended maximum length is 300 characters; the value may be truncated if it is too long.                                                                                        |
 | `importance`                     | `Int`     | The importance of the channel. This controls how interruptive notifications posted to this channel are. The importance property goes from 1 = Lowest, 2 = Low, 3 = Normal, 4 = High and 5 = Highest.                                |            
 | `sound`                          | `String`  | The name of the sound file to be played upon receipt of the notification in this channel. Cannot be changed after channel is created.                                                                                               |
 | `vibration`                      | `Boolean` or `Array` | Boolean sets whether notification posted to this channel should vibrate. Array sets custom vibration pattern. Example - vibration: `[2000, 1000, 500, 500]`. Cannot be changed after channel is created.                 |
diff --git a/src/android/com/adobe/phonegap/push/PushConstants.java b/src/android/com/adobe/phonegap/push/PushConstants.java
index 9b4656a00..8dcda34ba 100644
--- a/src/android/com/adobe/phonegap/push/PushConstants.java
+++ b/src/android/com/adobe/phonegap/push/PushConstants.java
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ public interface PushConstants {
   public static final String DEFAULT_CHANNEL_ID = "PushPluginChannel";
   public static final String CHANNELS = "channels";
   public static final String CHANNEL_ID = "id";
+  public static final String CHANNEL_NAME = "name";
   public static final String CHANNEL_DESCRIPTION = "description";
   public static final String CHANNEL_IMPORTANCE = "importance";
   public static final String CHANNEL_LIGHT_COLOR = "lightColor";
diff --git a/src/android/com/adobe/phonegap/push/PushPlugin.java b/src/android/com/adobe/phonegap/push/PushPlugin.java
index 690b37776..7e7276e1d 100644
--- a/src/android/com/adobe/phonegap/push/PushPlugin.java
+++ b/src/android/com/adobe/phonegap/push/PushPlugin.java
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ private JSONArray listChannels() throws JSONException {
       for (NotificationChannel notificationChannel : notificationChannels) {
         JSONObject channel = new JSONObject();
         channel.put(CHANNEL_ID, notificationChannel.getId());
+        channel.put(CHANNEL_NAME, notificationChannel.getName());
         channel.put(CHANNEL_DESCRIPTION, notificationChannel.getDescription());
         channels.put(channel);
       }
@@ -94,9 +95,14 @@ private void createChannel(JSONObject channel) throws JSONException {
 
       String packageName = getApplicationContext().getPackageName();
       NotificationChannel mChannel = new NotificationChannel(channel.getString(CHANNEL_ID),
-          channel.optString(CHANNEL_DESCRIPTION, ""),
+          channel.optString(CHANNEL_NAME, ""),
           channel.optInt(CHANNEL_IMPORTANCE, NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_DEFAULT));
 
+      String desc = channel.optString(CHANNEL_DESCRIPTION, "");
+      if(desc != null && !desc.isEmpty()) {
+        mChannel.setDescription(desc);
+      }
+
       int lightColor = channel.optInt(CHANNEL_LIGHT_COLOR, -1);
       if (lightColor != -1) {
         mChannel.setLightColor(lightColor);
@@ -157,7 +163,8 @@ private void createDefaultNotificationChannelIfNeeded(JSONObject options) {
       }
       try {
         options.put(CHANNEL_ID, DEFAULT_CHANNEL_ID);
-        options.putOpt(CHANNEL_DESCRIPTION, "PhoneGap PushPlugin");
+        options.putOpt(CHANNEL_NAME, "PhoneGap PushPlugin");
+        options.putOpt(CHANNEL_DESCRIPTION, "Default channel");
         createChannel(options);
       } catch (JSONException e) {
         Log.e(LOG_TAG, "execute: Got JSON Exception " + e.getMessage());
diff --git a/src/js/push.js b/src/js/push.js
index f952cacbf..092f4a691 100644
--- a/src/js/push.js
+++ b/src/js/push.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class PushNotification {
     this.handlers = {
       registration: [],
       notification: [],
-      error: [],
+      error: []
     };
 
     // require options parameter