diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 96a441b..6e233ae 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Added
-- pacman-syncdb: systemd service and timer for `pacman -Fy` (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1981076)
+- pacman-syncdb: systemd service and timer for `pacman -Fy`
+- Rename `pacman -Fy` units to pacman-filesdb-refresh from pacman-syncdb and simplify descriptions
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index cbc8bd0..5101f4a 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ systemd_dir = ${libdir}/systemd/system
 
 systemd__DATA = \
 	paccache.service paccache.timer \
-	pacman-syncdb.service pacman-syncdb.timer
+	pacman-filesdb-refresh.service pacman-filesdb-refresh.timer
 
 BASHSCRIPTS = \
 	checkupdates \
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ OURSCRIPTS = \
 
 OURFILES = \
 	paccache.service \
-	pacman-syncdb.service
+	pacman-filesdb-refresh.service
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	checkupdates.sh.in \
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	pacdiff.sh.in \
 	paclist.sh.in \
 	paclog-pkglist.sh.in \
-	pacman-syncdb.service.in \
-	pacman-syncdb.timer \
+	pacman-filesdb-refresh.service.in \
+	pacman-filesdb-refresh.timer \
 	pacscripts.sh.in \
 	pacsearch.pl.in \
 	pacsort.c \
diff --git a/src/pacman-syncdb.service.in b/src/pacman-filesdb-refresh.service.in
similarity index 77%
rename from src/pacman-syncdb.service.in
rename to src/pacman-filesdb-refresh.service.in
index 26cbe6d..1ce63a6 100644
--- a/src/pacman-syncdb.service.in
+++ b/src/pacman-filesdb-refresh.service.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [Unit]
-Description=Download pacman fresh files databases from the server
+Description=Refresh pacman files databases
 RequiresMountsFor="/var/lib/pacman/sync"
 After=network-online.target nss-lookup.target
 Wants=network-online.target
diff --git a/src/pacman-syncdb.timer b/src/pacman-filesdb-refresh.timer
similarity index 57%
rename from src/pacman-syncdb.timer
rename to src/pacman-filesdb-refresh.timer
index 2562443..67fef8f 100644
--- a/src/pacman-syncdb.timer
+++ b/src/pacman-filesdb-refresh.timer
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [Unit]
-Description=Download pacman fresh files databases from the server weekly
+Description=Refresh pacman files databases weekly
 
 [Timer]
 OnCalendar=weekly