diff --git a/src/components/views/location/LocationButton.tsx b/src/components/views/location/LocationButton.tsx
index 4ef0e744b16..e594a9f8a2b 100644
--- a/src/components/views/location/LocationButton.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/location/LocationButton.tsx
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ export function textForLocation(
 ): string {
     const date = new Date(ts).toISOString();
     if (description) {
-        return `Location "${description}" ${uri} at ${date}`;
+        return `Shared location "${description}" (${uri} at ${date})`;
     } else {
-        return `Location ${uri} at ${date}`;
+        return `Shared their location (${uri} at ${date})`;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/components/views/location/LocationButton-test.tsx b/test/components/views/location/LocationButton-test.tsx
index 66c9fd08bd0..7891974e4fa 100644
--- a/test/components/views/location/LocationButton-test.tsx
+++ b/test/components/views/location/LocationButton-test.tsx
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ describe("LocationButton", () => {
     describe("textForLocation", () => {
         it("with no description, simply dumps URI and date", () => {
             expect(textForLocation("geo:43.2,54.6", 12345, null)).toBe(
-                "Location geo:43.2,54.6 at 1970-01-01T00:00:12.345Z");
+                "Shared their location (geo:43.2,54.6 at 1970-01-01T00:00:12.345Z)");
         });
 
         it("with a description, includes that in the text", () => {
             expect(textForLocation("geo:12,43,3;u=2", 54321, "Me!")).toBe(
-                'Location "Me!" geo:12,43,3;u=2 at 1970-01-01T00:00:54.321Z');
+                'Shared location "Me!" (geo:12,43,3;u=2 at 1970-01-01T00:00:54.321Z)');
         });
     });
 });