diff --git a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/InitializationOptions.scala b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/InitializationOptions.scala
index 3b6cea590d5..a5acb3d0b82 100644
--- a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/InitializationOptions.scala
+++ b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/InitializationOptions.scala
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ object InitializationOptions {
       isSignatureHelpDocumentationEnabled = compilerObj.flatMap(
         _.getBooleanOption("isSignatureHelpDocumentationEnabled")
       ),
+      isDetailIncludedInLabel = compilerObj.flatMap(
+        _.getBooleanOption("isDetailIncludedInLabel")
+      ),
       overrideDefFormat = compilerObj.flatMap(
         _.getStringOption("overrideDefFormat")
       ),
@@ -210,7 +213,6 @@ object InitializationOptions {
         compilerObj.flatMap(_.getBooleanOption("snippetAutoIndent")),
     )
   }
-
 }
 
 sealed trait CommandHTMLFormat {
diff --git a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/MetalsServerConfig.scala b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/MetalsServerConfig.scala
index ad8b2e2396a..eb5d14565f8 100644
--- a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/MetalsServerConfig.scala
+++ b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/MetalsServerConfig.scala
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ object MetalsServerConfig {
         base.copy(
           executeClientCommand = ExecuteClientCommandConfig.on,
           compilers = base.compilers.copy(
-            snippetAutoIndent = false
+            snippetAutoIndent = false,
+            isDetailIncludedInLabel = false,
           ),
         )
       case _ =>
diff --git a/mtags-interfaces/src/main/java/scala/meta/pc/PresentationCompilerConfig.java b/mtags-interfaces/src/main/java/scala/meta/pc/PresentationCompilerConfig.java
index afcd8bb3616..8ebdf8e5fbe 100644
--- a/mtags-interfaces/src/main/java/scala/meta/pc/PresentationCompilerConfig.java
+++ b/mtags-interfaces/src/main/java/scala/meta/pc/PresentationCompilerConfig.java
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@ enum OverrideDefFormat {
 	 */
 	boolean isCompletionSnippetsEnabled();
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns true if the completion's description should be included in the label.
+	 */
+	default boolean isDetailIncludedInLabel() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
 	/**
 	 * The maximum delay for requests to respond.
 	 *
diff --git a/mtags-shared/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/pc/CompilerInitializationOptions.scala b/mtags-shared/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/pc/CompilerInitializationOptions.scala
index 57b5e583277..274b49f6012 100644
--- a/mtags-shared/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/pc/CompilerInitializationOptions.scala
+++ b/mtags-shared/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/pc/CompilerInitializationOptions.scala
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ package scala.meta.internal.pc
  * @param isHoverDocumentationEnabled whether to include docstrings in a `textDocument/hover`.
  * @param isSignatureHelpDocumentationEnabled whether the `SignatureHelp.documentation` field
  *                                            should be populated.
+ * @param isDetailIncludedInLabel whether the completion's description should be included in the
+ *                                label.
  * @param overrideDefFormat whether the override should include a unicode icon or only ascii.
  * @param parameterHintsCommand command identifier to trigger parameter hints.
  * @param snippetAutoIndent whether the client defaults to adding the indentation of the reference
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ case class CompilerInitializationOptions(
     isCompletionItemResolve: Option[Boolean],
     isHoverDocumentationEnabled: Option[Boolean],
     isSignatureHelpDocumentationEnabled: Option[Boolean],
+    isDetailIncludedInLabel: Option[Boolean],
     overrideDefFormat: Option[String],
     parameterHintsCommand: Option[String],
     snippetAutoIndent: Option[Boolean]
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ object CompilerInitializationOptions {
       None,
       None,
       None,
+      None,
       None
     )
 }
diff --git a/mtags-shared/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/pc/PresentationCompilerConfigImpl.scala b/mtags-shared/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/pc/PresentationCompilerConfigImpl.scala
index 12db83917cf..18b72bb5248 100644
--- a/mtags-shared/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/pc/PresentationCompilerConfigImpl.scala
+++ b/mtags-shared/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/pc/PresentationCompilerConfigImpl.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ case class PresentationCompilerConfigImpl(
     snippetAutoIndent: Boolean = true,
     isSignatureHelpDocumentationEnabled: Boolean = true,
     isCompletionSnippetsEnabled: Boolean = true,
+    override val isDetailIncludedInLabel: Boolean = true,
     isCompletionItemResolve: Boolean = true,
     _isStripMarginOnTypeFormattingEnabled: () => Boolean = () => true,
     timeoutDelay: Long = 20,
@@ -72,6 +73,9 @@ case class PresentationCompilerConfigImpl(
       isCompletionItemResolve = options.isCompletionItemResolve.getOrElse(
         this.isCompletionItemResolve
       ),
+      isDetailIncludedInLabel = options.isDetailIncludedInLabel.getOrElse(
+        this.isDetailIncludedInLabel
+      ),
       _parameterHintsCommand = options.parameterHintsCommand.orElse(
         this._parameterHintsCommand
       ),
diff --git a/mtags/src/main/scala-2/scala/meta/internal/pc/CompletionProvider.scala b/mtags/src/main/scala-2/scala/meta/internal/pc/CompletionProvider.scala
index b6e6c930994..c08a8cef4c4 100644
--- a/mtags/src/main/scala-2/scala/meta/internal/pc/CompletionProvider.scala
+++ b/mtags/src/main/scala-2/scala/meta/internal/pc/CompletionProvider.scala
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ class CompletionProvider(
       }
 
       def labelWithSig =
-        if (member.sym.isMethod || member.sym.isValue) {
+        if (
+          compiler.metalsConfig.isDetailIncludedInLabel && (member.sym.isMethod || member.sym.isValue)
+        ) {
           ident + detail
         } else {
           ident
diff --git a/mtags/src/main/scala-3/scala/meta/internal/pc/completions/CompletionProvider.scala b/mtags/src/main/scala-3/scala/meta/internal/pc/completions/CompletionProvider.scala
index 19a93ae188f..d591d509b1e 100644
--- a/mtags/src/main/scala-3/scala/meta/internal/pc/completions/CompletionProvider.scala
+++ b/mtags/src/main/scala-3/scala/meta/internal/pc/completions/CompletionProvider.scala
@@ -162,7 +162,11 @@ class CompletionProvider(
     // related issue https://github.com/lampepfl/dotty/issues/11941
     lazy val kind: CompletionItemKind = completion.completionItemKind
     val description = completion.description(printer)
-    val label = completion.labelWithDescription(printer)
+    val label =
+      if config.isDetailIncludedInLabel then
+        completion.labelWithDescription(printer)
+      else
+        completion.label
     val ident = completion.insertText.getOrElse(completion.label)
 
     def mkItem(