diff --git a/usr.sbin/devinfo/devinfo.c b/usr.sbin/devinfo/devinfo.c
--- a/usr.sbin/devinfo/devinfo.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/devinfo/devinfo.c
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@
 {
 
 	printf("%s", dev->dd_name[0] ? dev->dd_name : "unknown");
+	if (vflag && *dev->dd_desc)
+		printf(" <%s>", dev->dd_desc);
 	if (vflag && *dev->dd_pnpinfo)
 		printf(" pnpinfo %s", dev->dd_pnpinfo);
 	if (vflag && *dev->dd_location)