diff --git a/hw/pc_piix.c b/hw/pc_piix.c
index 2b3d58b852..e630aeab9d 100644
--- a/hw/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/pc_piix.c
@@ -282,10 +282,10 @@ static void pc_xen_hvm_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 }
 #endif
 
-static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v1_4 = {
-    .name = "pc-1.4",
+static QEMUMachine pc_i440fx_machine_v1_4 = {
+    .name = "pc-i440fx-1.4",
     .alias = "pc",
-    .desc = "Standard PC",
+    .desc = "Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)",
     .init = pc_init_pci_1_3,
     .max_cpus = 255,
     .is_default = 1,
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ static QEMUMachine xenfv_machine = {
 
 static void pc_machine_init(void)
 {
-    qemu_register_machine(&pc_machine_v1_4);
+    qemu_register_machine(&pc_i440fx_machine_v1_4);
     qemu_register_machine(&pc_machine_v1_3);
     qemu_register_machine(&pc_machine_v1_2);
     qemu_register_machine(&pc_machine_v1_1);
diff --git a/hw/pc_q35.c b/hw/pc_q35.c
index ef540b6a71..52d997613f 100644
--- a/hw/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/pc_q35.c
@@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ static void pc_q35_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 }
 
 static QEMUMachine pc_q35_machine = {
-    .name = "q35-next",
+    .name = "pc-q35-1.4",
     .alias = "q35",
-    .desc = "Q35 chipset PC",
+    .desc = "Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)",
     .init = pc_q35_init,
     .max_cpus = 255,
 };