diff --git a/modules/blockcategories/category-tree-branch.tpl b/modules/blockcategories/category-tree-branch.tpl
index 57442e571..a0d13c820 100644
--- a/modules/blockcategories/category-tree-branch.tpl
+++ b/modules/blockcategories/category-tree-branch.tpl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 <li class="category_{$node.id}{if isset($last) && $last == 'true'} last{/if}">
 	<a href="{$node.link|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}" {if isset($currentCategoryId) && $node.id == $currentCategoryId}class="selected"{/if}
-		title="{$node.name|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}">{$node.name|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}</a>
+		title="{$node.desc|strip_tags|trim|truncate:255:'...'|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}">{$node.name|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}</a>
 	{if $node.children|@count > 0}
 		<ul>
 		{foreach from=$node.children item=child name=categoryTreeBranch}