diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/TopLevelItemDescriptor.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/TopLevelItemDescriptor.java
index eb29b7b17f5c24c7b5731d135d0d9ed4e6a24909..91cc3c2f44bb1b056f094424951dcd939be19b52 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/TopLevelItemDescriptor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/TopLevelItemDescriptor.java
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ public abstract class TopLevelItemDescriptor extends Descriptor<TopLevelItem> {
         super(clazz);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * Used as the caption when the user chooses what job type to create.
+     * The descriptor implementation also needs to have <tt>detail.jelly</tt>
+     * script, which will be used to render the text below the caption
+     * that expains the job type.
+     */
+    public abstract String getDisplayName();
+
     /**
      * @deprecated
      *      This is not a valid operation for {@link Job}s.