diff --git a/plinth/modules/names/__init__.py b/plinth/modules/names/__init__.py
index 5e335ae00..4de490e40 100644
--- a/plinth/modules/names/__init__.py
+++ b/plinth/modules/names/__init__.py
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ import logging
 
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
+from plinth import cfg
 from plinth.menu import main_menu
 from plinth.signals import domain_added, domain_removed
+from plinth.utils import format_lazy
 
 from .manifest import backup
 
@@ -46,6 +48,15 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 manual_page = 'NameServices'
 
+description = [
+    format_lazy(
+        _('Name Services provides an overview of the ways {box_name} can be '
+          'reached from the public Internet: domain name, Tor hidden service, '
+          'and Pagekite. For each type of name, it is shown whether the HTTP, '
+          'HTTPS, and SSH services are enabled or disabled for incoming '
+          'connections through the given name.'), box_name=(cfg.box_name))
+]
+
 
 def init():
     """Initialize the names module."""
diff --git a/plinth/modules/names/views.py b/plinth/modules/names/views.py
index ac8adedac..ce0acd4ff 100644
--- a/plinth/modules/names/views.py
+++ b/plinth/modules/names/views.py
@@ -31,11 +31,13 @@ def index(request):
     """Serve name services page."""
     status = get_status()
 
-    return TemplateResponse(request, 'names.html', {
-        'title': names.name,
-        'manual_page': names.manual_page,
-        'status': status
-    })
+    return TemplateResponse(
+        request, 'names.html', {
+            'title': names.name,
+            'description': names.description,
+            'manual_page': names.manual_page,
+            'status': status
+        })
 
 
 def get_status():