diff --git a/docs/binary.rst b/docs/binary.rst
index b88ead069..dc1ba019f 100644
--- a/docs/binary.rst
+++ b/docs/binary.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Desktop integration on Linux
 --------------------------------
 
 If you want the kitty icon to appear in the taskbar and an entry for it to be
-present in the menus, you will need to install the :file:`kitty-terminal.desktop` file.
+present in the menus, you will need to install the :file:`kitty.desktop` file.
 The details of the following procedure may need to be adjusted for your
 particular desktop, but it should work for most major desktop environments.
 
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ particular desktop, but it should work for most major desktop environments.
     # Create symbolic links to add kitty and kitten to PATH (assuming ~/.local/bin is in
     # your system-wide PATH)
     ln -sf ~/.local/kitty.app/bin/kitty ~/.local/kitty.app/bin/kitten ~/.local/bin/
-    # Place the kitty-terminal.desktop file somewhere it can be found by the OS
-    cp ~/.local/kitty.app/share/applications/kitty-terminal.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
+    # Place the kitty.desktop file somewhere it can be found by the OS
+    cp ~/.local/kitty.app/share/applications/kitty.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
     # If you want to open text files and images in kitty via your file manager also add the kitty-open.desktop file
     cp ~/.local/kitty.app/share/applications/kitty-open.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
     # Update the paths to the kitty and its icon in the kitty desktop file(s)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f4a3fab39..61352c2a6 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ def create_linux_bundle_gunk(ddir: str, args: Options) -> None:
         shutil.copy2(f'logo/kitty.{ext}', icdir)
     deskdir = os.path.join(ddir, 'share', 'applications')
     safe_makedirs(deskdir)
-    with open(os.path.join(deskdir, 'kitty-terminal.desktop'), 'w') as f:
+    with open(os.path.join(deskdir, 'kitty.desktop'), 'w') as f:
         f.write(
             '''\
 [Desktop Entry]