diff --git a/templates/base/head.tmpl b/templates/base/head.tmpl
index df56a79802..526a68e495 100644
--- a/templates/base/head.tmpl
+++ b/templates/base/head.tmpl
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 <head data-suburl="{{AppSubUrl}}">
 	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
 	<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"/>
-	<meta name="author" content="Gogs - Go Git Service" />
-	<meta name="description" content="Gogs (Go Git Service) is a painless self-hosted Git service written in Go" />
+	<meta name="author" content="{{if .Repository }}{{.Owner.Name}}{{else}}Gogs - Go Git Service{{end}}" />
+	<meta name="description" content="{{if .Repository }}{{.Repository.Name}} - {{.Repository.Description}}{{else}}Gogs (Go Git Service) is a painless self-hosted Git service written in Go{{end}}" />
 	<meta name="keywords" content="go, git, self-hosted, gogs">
 	<meta name="referrer" content="no-referrer" />
 	<meta name="_csrf" content="{{.CsrfToken}}" />
