diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index 9a3750505..991089269 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 template: overrides/main.html
-title: Getting started - Material for MkDocs
+title: Getting started
 ---
 
 # Getting started
diff --git a/docs/reference/meta-tags.md b/docs/reference/meta-tags.md
index 302bfcc7f..4665cb1da 100644
--- a/docs/reference/meta-tags.md
+++ b/docs/reference/meta-tags.md
@@ -45,9 +45,8 @@ title: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
 ```
 
 This will set the `title` tag inside the document `head` for the current page
-to the provided value. It will also override the default behavior of Material
-for MkDocs which appends the site title using a dash as a separator to the page
-title.
+to the provided value. Note that the site title is appended using a dash as a
+separator, which is the default behavior.
 
   [5]: #metadata
 
diff --git a/material/base.html b/material/base.html
index 8d1d9a072..a6701cb09 100644
--- a/material/base.html
+++ b/material/base.html
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     {% endblock %}
     {% block htmltitle %}
       {% if page and page.meta and page.meta.title %}
-        <title>{{ page.meta.title }}</title>
+        <title>{{ page.meta.title }} - {{ config.site_name }}</title>
       {% elif page and page.title and not page.is_homepage %}
         <title>{{ page.title | striptags }} - {{ config.site_name }}</title>
       {% else %}
diff --git a/src/base.html b/src/base.html
index b66576d8a..ff5e6a67c 100644
--- a/src/base.html
+++ b/src/base.html
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     <!-- Site title -->
     {% block htmltitle %}
       {% if page and page.meta and page.meta.title %}
-        <title>{{ page.meta.title }}</title>
+        <title>{{ page.meta.title }} - {{ config.site_name }}</title>
       {% elif page and page.title and not page.is_homepage %}
         <title>{{ page.title | striptags }} - {{ config.site_name }}</title>
       {% else %}