diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/tenor.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/tenor.py
index 7971af90..978cbc44 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/tenor.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/tenor.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class TenorExtractor(Extractor):
             url = fmt["url"]
             gif["width"], gif["height"] = fmt["dims"]
             gif["title"] = gif["h1_title"][:-4]
+            gif["description"] = gif.pop("content_description", "")
             gif["date"] = text.parse_timestamp(gif["created"])
             if meta:
                 gif.update(meta)
diff --git a/test/results/tenor.py b/test/results/tenor.py
index 5ef0f87c..e0bd1703 100644
--- a/test/results/tenor.py
+++ b/test/results/tenor.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ __tests__ = (
     "#urls" : "https://media1.tenor.com/m/dlGgz3LRXEMAAAAC/moving.gif",
 
     "bg_color" : "",
-    "content_description": "an illustration of a tree with green leaves",
+    "description": "an illustration of a tree with green leaves",
     "created"  : 1687512768.687436,
     "date"     : "dt:2023-06-23 09:32:48",
     "embed"    : r"re:<div class=.+",