diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/components/Datasource/ChangeDatasourceModal.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/components/Datasource/ChangeDatasourceModal.tsx
index e976bfe91776e..ee1d71d1606fd 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/components/Datasource/ChangeDatasourceModal.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/components/Datasource/ChangeDatasourceModal.tsx
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ 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 2a01a9123af12..f4a1dc8026eec 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/pages/ChartCreation/index.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/pages/ChartCreation/index.tsx
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ export class ChartCreation extends React.PureComponent<
           </TooltipContent>
         }
       >
-        <StyledLabel>{item.table_name}</StyledLabel>
+        <StyledLabel>{item.description}</StyledLabel>
       </Tooltip>
     );
   }
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/views/CRUD/data/dataset/DatasetList.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/views/CRUD/data/dataset/DatasetList.tsx
index 9ef71415502fe..cb270c08040e5 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/views/CRUD/data/dataset/DatasetList.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/views/CRUD/data/dataset/DatasetList.tsx
@@ -281,6 +281,11 @@ const DatasetList: FunctionComponent<DatasetListProps> = ({
         size: 'xs',
         id: 'id',
       },
+      {
+        Header: t('Description'),
+        accessor: 'description',
+        size: 'md',
+      },
       {
         Cell: ({
           row: {