diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 409da96..166854f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ A Jekyll plugin to add metadata tags for search engines and social networks to b
 
 Jekyll SEO Tag adds the following meta tags to your site:
 
-* Pages title (with site title appended when available)
+* Page title, with site title or description appended
 * Page description
 * Canonical URL
 * Next and previous URLs on paginated pages
diff --git a/lib/template.html b/lib/template.html
index 41bc2b0..6a129fd 100755
--- a/lib/template.html
+++ b/lib/template.html
@@ -5,21 +5,13 @@
 {% endif %}
 
 {% assign seo_site_title = site.title | default: site.name %}
+{% assign seo_page_title = page.title | default: seo_site_title %}
+{% assign seo_title = page.title | default: seo_site_title %}
 
-{% if page.title %}
-  {% assign seo_title = page.title %}
-  {% assign seo_page_title = page.title %}
-
-  {% if seo_site_title %}
-    {% assign seo_title = seo_title | append:" - " | append: seo_site_title %}
-  {% endif %}
-{% elsif seo_site_title %}
-  {% assign seo_title = seo_site_title %}
-  {% assign seo_page_title = seo_site_title %}
-
-  {% if site.description %}
-    {% assign seo_title = seo_title | append:" - " | append: site.description %}
-  {% endif %}
+{% if page.title and seo_site_title %}
+  {% assign seo_title = page.title | append:" | " | append: seo_site_title %}
+{% elsif site.description and seo_site_title %}
+  {% assign seo_title = seo_site_title | append:" | " | append: site.description %}
 {% endif %}
 
 {% if page.seo and page.seo.name %}
diff --git a/spec/jekyll_seo_tag_spec.rb b/spec/jekyll_seo_tag_spec.rb
index 695dbef..9d26732 100755
--- a/spec/jekyll_seo_tag_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jekyll_seo_tag_spec.rb
@@ -44,11 +44,51 @@ describe Jekyll::SeoTag do
       expect(output).to match(expected)
     end
 
+    context "with site.name" do
+      let(:site) { make_site("name" => "Site Name") }
+
+      it "builds the title with a page title and site name" do
+        expect(output).to match(%r!<title>foo \| Site Name</title>!)
+      end
+    end
+
     context "with site.title" do
       let(:site) { make_site("title" => "bar") }
 
       it "builds the title with a page title and site title" do
-        expect(output).to match(%r!<title>foo - bar</title>!)
+        expect(output).to match(%r!<title>foo \| bar</title>!)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with site.description" do
+      let(:site) { make_site("description" => "Site Description") }
+
+      it "builds the title without the site description" do
+        expect(output).not_to match(%r!<title>foo \| Site Description</title>!)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with site.title and site.description" do
+      let(:site) { make_site("title" => "Site Title", "description" => "Site Description") }
+
+      it "builds the title with a page title and site title" do
+        expect(output).to match(%r!<title>foo \| Site Title</title>!)
+      end
+
+      it "does not build the title with the site description" do
+        expect(output).not_to match(%r!<title>foo \| Site Description</title>!)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with site.title and site.description" do
+      let(:site) { make_site("title" => "Site Title", "description" => "Site Description") }
+
+      it "builds the title with a page title and site title" do
+        expect(output).to match(%r!<title>foo \| Site Title</title>!)
+      end
+
+      it "does not build the title with the site description" do
+        expect(output).not_to match(%r!<title>Page Title \| Site Description</title>!)
       end
     end
   end
@@ -61,6 +101,14 @@ describe Jekyll::SeoTag do
     end
   end
 
+  context "with site.title and site.description" do
+    let(:site) { make_site("title" => "Site Title", "description" => "Site Description") }
+
+    it "builds the title with site title and description" do
+      expect(output).to match(%r!<title>Site Title \| Site Description</title>!)
+    end
+  end
+
   context "with page.description" do
     let(:page) { make_page("description" => "foo") }