diff --git a/internal/caldav/backend.go b/internal/caldav/backend.go
index 6fd9335..24d13d6 100644
--- a/internal/caldav/backend.go
+++ b/internal/caldav/backend.go
@@ -310,8 +310,12 @@ func (b *Backend) resolveCalendar(requester, localName string, requireWrite bool
 func (b *Backend) calendarMeta(owner, realName, localName string) caldav.Calendar {
 	desc := fmt.Sprintf("%s's %s calendar", owner, realName)
 	return caldav.Calendar{
-		Path:                  calHomePath() + localName + "/",
-		Name:                  localName,
+		Path: calHomePath() + localName + "/",
+		// The displayed name is always the plain calendar name (never the
+		// "owner~name" synthetic local name used internally to keep a
+		// shared calendar's URL unique) — clients like DAVx5 show this as
+		// the calendar's label, and "alice~work" looked confusing there.
+		Name:                  realName,
 		Description:           desc,
 		SupportedComponentSet: []string{"VEVENT", "VTODO", "VJOURNAL"},
 		MaxResourceSize:       10 * 1024 * 1024, // 10 MiB
diff --git a/internal/caldav/backend_test.go b/internal/caldav/backend_test.go
index 43d895c..3a74d39 100644
--- a/internal/caldav/backend_test.go
+++ b/internal/caldav/backend_test.go
@@ -90,14 +90,14 @@ func TestListCalendarsIncludesSharedCalendar(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	var found bool
-	wantName := sharedCalendarName("alice", "work")
+	wantPath := calHomePath() + sharedCalendarName("alice", "work") + "/"
 	for _, c := range cals {
-		if c.Name == wantName {
+		if c.Path == wantPath && c.Name == "work" {
 			found = true
 		}
 	}
 	if !found {
-		t.Errorf("shared calendar %q not found in ListCalendars result: %+v", wantName, cals)
+		t.Errorf("shared calendar with path %q and display name %q not found in ListCalendars result: %+v", wantPath, "work", cals)
 	}
 }