diff --git a/hugolib/node_as_page_test.go b/hugolib/node_as_page_test.go
index a4fd7830b..9b0eb88a1 100644
--- a/hugolib/node_as_page_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/node_as_page_test.go
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func TestNodesWithNoContentFile(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 
 	// RSS
-	assertFileContent(t, filepath.Join("public", "customrss.xml"), false, "Recent content in Hugo Rocks! on Hugo Rocks!", "<rss")
+	assertFileContent(t, filepath.Join("public", "customrss.xml"), false, "Hugo Rocks!", "<rss")
 	assertFileContent(t, filepath.Join("public", "sect1", "customrss.xml"), false, "Recent content in Sect1s on Hugo Rocks!", "<rss")
 	assertFileContent(t, filepath.Join("public", "sect2", "customrss.xml"), false, "Recent content in Sect2s on Hugo Rocks!", "<rss")
 	assertFileContent(t, filepath.Join("public", "categories", "hugo", "customrss.xml"), false, "Recent content in Hugo on Hugo Rocks!", "<rss")
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ title = "Hugo in English"
 		"Section Title: Section2")
 
 	// RSS
-	assertFileContent(t, filepath.Join("public", "nn", "customrss.xml"), true, "Recent content in Hugo på norsk on Hugo på norsk", "<rss")
+	assertFileContent(t, filepath.Join("public", "nn", "customrss.xml"), true, "Hugo på norsk", "<rss")
 	assertFileContent(t, filepath.Join("public", "nn", "sect1", "customrss.xml"), true, "Recent content in Sect1s on Hugo på norsk", "<rss")
 	assertFileContent(t, filepath.Join("public", "nn", "sect2", "customrss.xml"), true, "Recent content in Sect2s on Hugo på norsk", "<rss")
 	assertFileContent(t, filepath.Join("public", "nn", "categories", "hugo", "customrss.xml"), true, "Recent content in Hugo on Hugo på norsk", "<rss")
diff --git a/tpl/template_embedded.go b/tpl/template_embedded.go
index c418511ac..96bf3dfe9 100644
--- a/tpl/template_embedded.go
+++ b/tpl/template_embedded.go
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ func (t *GoHTMLTemplate) EmbedTemplates() {
 
 	t.AddInternalTemplate("_default", "rss.xml", `<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
   <channel>
-    <title>{{ with .Title }}{{.}} on {{ end }}{{ .Site.Title }}</title>
+    <title>{{ if eq  .Title  .Site.Title }}{{ .Site.Title }}{{ else }}{{ with .Title }}{{.}} on {{ end }}{{ .Site.Title }}{{ end }}</title>
     <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
-    <description>Recent content {{ with .Title }}in {{.}} {{ end }}on {{ .Site.Title }}</description>
+    <description>Recent content {{ if ne  .Title  .Site.Title }}{{ with .Title }}in {{.}} {{ end }}{{ end }}on {{ .Site.Title }}</description>
     <generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator>{{ with .Site.LanguageCode }}
     <language>{{.}}</language>{{end}}{{ with .Site.Author.email }}
     <managingEditor>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</managingEditor>{{end}}{{ with .Site.Author.email }}