diff --git a/activitypub.c b/activitypub.c
index 4247078..212dd2f 100644
--- a/activitypub.c
+++ b/activitypub.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ xs_list *get_attachments(const xs_dict *msg)
             if (xs_is_null(name))
                 name = xs_dict_get(msg, "name");
             if (xs_is_null(name))
-                name = L("No description");
+                name = "";
 
             xs *d = xs_dict_new();
             d = xs_dict_append(d, "type", type);
diff --git a/html.c b/html.c
index bacee5b..b50d69e 100644
--- a/html.c
+++ b/html.c
@@ -1891,6 +1891,9 @@ xs_html *html_entry(snac *user, xs_dict *msg, int read_only,
                         xs_html_tag("a",
                             xs_html_attr("href", href),
                             xs_html_text(href))));
+
+                /* do not generate an Alt... */
+                name = NULL;
             }
             else {
                 xs_html_add(content_attachments,
@@ -1900,6 +1903,18 @@ xs_html *html_entry(snac *user, xs_dict *msg, int read_only,
                             xs_html_text(L("Attachment")),
                             xs_html_text(": "),
                             xs_html_text(href))));
+
+                /* do not generate an Alt... */
+                name = NULL;
+            }
+
+            if (name != NULL && *name) {
+                xs_html_add(content_attachments,
+                    xs_html_tag("p",
+                        xs_html_tag("details",
+                            xs_html_tag("summary",
+                                xs_html_text(L("Alt..."))),
+                            xs_html_text(name))));
             }
         }
     }