diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.linuxinput/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/linuxinput/internal/LinuxInputDiscoveryService.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.linuxinput/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/linuxinput/internal/LinuxInputDiscoveryService.java
index 2d0da6dad04..365c39bb964 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.linuxinput/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/linuxinput/internal/LinuxInputDiscoveryService.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.linuxinput/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/linuxinput/internal/LinuxInputDiscoveryService.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class LinuxInputDiscoveryService extends AbstractDiscoveryService {
             return;
         }
         DiscoveryResultBuilder result = DiscoveryResultBuilder.create(new ThingUID(THING_TYPE_DEVICE, file.getName()))
-                .withProperty("path", file.getAbsolutePath()).withRepresentationProperty(file.getName());
+                .withProperty("path", file.getAbsolutePath()).withRepresentationProperty("path");
         if (ttl != null) {
             result = result.withTTL(ttl.getSeconds());
         }
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public class LinuxInputDiscoveryService extends AbstractDiscoveryService {
                 String labelFromDevice = device.getName();
                 boolean isKeyboard = device.has(EvdevLibrary.Type.KEY);
                 if (labelFromDevice != null) {
-                    label = labelFromDevice;
+                    label = String.format("%s (%s)", labelFromDevice, inputDevice.getName());
                 }
                 return isKeyboard;
             } finally {
@@ -168,8 +168,10 @@ public class LinuxInputDiscoveryService extends AbstractDiscoveryService {
 
     private WatchService makeWatcher() throws IOException {
         WatchService watchService = FileSystems.getDefault().newWatchService();
+        // FIXME also trigger on inotify "ATTRIB" events when WatchService supports this.
+        // Triggering on ENTRY_MODIFY will trigger multiple times on each keypress for *any* input device.
         DEVICE_DIRECTORY.register(watchService, StandardWatchEventKinds.ENTRY_CREATE,
-                StandardWatchEventKinds.ENTRY_DELETE, StandardWatchEventKinds.ENTRY_MODIFY);
+                StandardWatchEventKinds.ENTRY_DELETE);
         return watchService;
     }