diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/labels.ts b/src/vs/workbench/browser/labels.ts
index 99c24e24cb52b6d12e6881b5d766ecd1ae71a417..8742e98d27e908d51dfb894b65877f5ffa5eea1b 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/labels.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/labels.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import * as resources from 'vs/base/common/resources';
 import { IconLabel, IIconLabelValueOptions, IIconLabelCreationOptions } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/iconLabel/iconLabel';
 import { IExtensionService } from 'vs/workbench/services/extensions/common/extensions';
 import { IModeService } from 'vs/editor/common/services/modeService';
-import { toResource, IEditorInput, SideBySideEditor } from 'vs/workbench/common/editor';
+import { toResource, IEditorInput, SideBySideEditor, Verbosity } from 'vs/workbench/common/editor';
 import { PLAINTEXT_MODE_ID } from 'vs/editor/common/modes/modesRegistry';
 import { IWorkspaceContextService } from 'vs/platform/workspace/common/workspace';
 import { IConfigurationService } from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configuration';
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export interface IResourceLabelProps {
 export interface IResourceLabelOptions extends IIconLabelValueOptions {
 	fileKind?: FileKind;
 	fileDecorations?: { colors: boolean, badges: boolean, data?: IDecorationData };
+	descriptionVerbosity?: Verbosity;
 }
 
 export interface IFileLabelOptions extends IResourceLabelOptions {
@@ -316,6 +317,9 @@ class ResourceLabelWidget extends IconLabel {
 	}
 
 	notifyFormattersChange(): void {
+		if (this.label && this.label.resource) {
+			this.setFile(this.label.resource, this.options);
+		}
 		this.render(false);
 	}
 
@@ -362,7 +366,7 @@ class ResourceLabelWidget extends IconLabel {
 		this.setResource({
 			resource: toResource(editor, { supportSideBySide: SideBySideEditor.MASTER }),
 			name: withNullAsUndefined(editor.getName()),
-			description: withNullAsUndefined(editor.getDescription())
+			description: withNullAsUndefined(editor.getDescription(options ? options.descriptionVerbosity : undefined))
 		}, options);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/views/openEditorsView.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/views/openEditorsView.ts
index a7ee659d338b5a33badfbc401875817c547a31bf..30e2150437bb7cca6150fe2a94a74b95b1029a2f 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/views/openEditorsView.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/views/openEditorsView.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { IInstantiationService } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instanti
 import { IEditorGroupsService, IEditorGroup, GroupChangeKind, GroupsOrder } from 'vs/workbench/services/editor/common/editorGroupsService';
 import { IConfigurationService, IConfigurationChangeEvent } from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configuration';
 import { IKeybindingService } from 'vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybinding';
-import { IEditorInput } from 'vs/workbench/common/editor';
+import { IEditorInput, Verbosity } from 'vs/workbench/common/editor';
 import { SaveAllAction, SaveAllInGroupAction, CloseGroupAction } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/fileActions';
 import { OpenEditorsFocusedContext, ExplorerFocusedContext, IFilesConfiguration, OpenEditor } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/files/common/files';
 import { ITextFileService, AutoSaveMode } from 'vs/workbench/services/textfile/common/textfiles';
@@ -570,7 +570,8 @@ class OpenEditorRenderer implements IListRenderer<OpenEditor, IOpenEditorTemplat
 		templateData.root.setEditor(editor.editor, {
 			italic: editor.isPreview(),
 			extraClasses: ['open-editor'],
-			fileDecorations: this.configurationService.getValue<IFilesConfiguration>().explorer.decorations
+			fileDecorations: this.configurationService.getValue<IFilesConfiguration>().explorer.decorations,
+			descriptionVerbosity: Verbosity.MEDIUM
 		});
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/common/editors/fileEditorInput.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/common/editors/fileEditorInput.ts
index d146effdb257d96debf01dbf214980f8d4e7dce1..c9d15e680c14beb2a1fbfd8d9c73a5d2f55670d5 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/common/editors/fileEditorInput.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/common/editors/fileEditorInput.ts
@@ -150,17 +150,14 @@ export class FileEditorInput extends EditorInput implements IFileEditorInput {
 		return this.decorateLabel(this.name);
 	}
 
-	@memoize
 	private get shortDescription(): string {
 		return basename(this.labelService.getUriLabel(dirname(this.resource)));
 	}
 
-	@memoize
 	private get mediumDescription(): string {
 		return this.labelService.getUriLabel(dirname(this.resource), { relative: true });
 	}
 
-	@memoize
 	private get longDescription(): string {
 		return this.labelService.getUriLabel(dirname(this.resource));
 	}