diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/public.php b/apps/files_sharing/public.php
index efd977a1b6a31d3131c9cb709b95419807b0fce6..93f3b4da2bd8161cb33ca3a96e537af30bbf3771 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/public.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/public.php
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ if ($linkItem) {
 		OCP\Util::addScript('files', 'fileactions');
 		$tmpl = new OCP\Template('files_sharing', 'public', 'base');
 		$tmpl->assign('uidOwner', $shareOwner);
+		$tmpl->assign('displayName', \OCP\User::getDisplayName($shareOwner));
 		$tmpl->assign('dir', $dir);
 		$tmpl->assign('filename', $file);
 		$tmpl->assign('mimetype', OC_Filesystem::getMimeType($path));
diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/templates/public.php b/apps/files_sharing/templates/public.php
index 647e1e08a31e4e511f21daa15d915bd34b793b51..13af528ce805400443dc5cce769fc1d0a68358ef 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/templates/public.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/templates/public.php
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 	<a href="<?php echo link_to('', 'index.php'); ?>" title="" id="owncloud"><img class="svg" src="<?php echo image_path('', 'logo-wide.svg'); ?>" alt="ownCloud" /></a>
 	<div class="header-right">
 	<?php if (isset($_['folder'])): ?>
-		<span id="details"><?php echo $l->t('%s shared the folder %s with you', array($_['uidOwner'], $_['filename'])) ?></span>
+		<span id="details"><?php echo $l->t('%s shared the folder %s with you', array($_['displayName'], $_['filename'])) ?></span>
 	<?php else: ?>
-		<span id="details"><?php echo $l->t('%s shared the file %s with you', array($_['uidOwner'], $_['filename'])) ?></span>
+		<span id="details"><?php echo $l->t('%s shared the file %s with you', array($_['displayName'], $_['filename'])) ?></span>
 	<?php endif; ?>
 		<?php if (!isset($_['folder']) || $_['allowZipDownload']): ?>
 			<a href="<?php echo $_['downloadURL']; ?>" class="button" id="download"><img class="svg" alt="Download" src="<?php echo OCP\image_path("core", "actions/download.svg"); ?>" /><?php echo $l->t('Download')?></a>