diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index c4c76bc..ddb0cba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # Inspired from https://github.com/py-cov-action/python-coverage-comment-action
 
-name: Add a coverage comment to the Pull Request
+name: coverage comment
 
 on:
   workflow_run:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 7d4fa8f..b1499c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
-name: Publish package to Pypi and to the current release
+name: deploy release
 
 on:
   release:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc-preview.yaml b/.github/workflows/doc-preview.yml
similarity index 90%
rename from .github/workflows/doc-preview.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/doc-preview.yml
index 6e5112a..ebbf1de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc-preview.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc-preview.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # Inspired from https://github.com/readthedocs/actions/tree/v1/preview
 
-name: Documentation preview on readthedocs for Pull Requests
+name: doc preview
 
 on:
   pull_request_target:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/qa.yml b/.github/workflows/qa.yml
index 4ae9767..72a0db2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qa.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qa.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
-name: Check the project is up to our quality standards
+name: qa
 
 on:
   pull_request:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
similarity index 98%
rename from .github/workflows/tests.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/tests.yml
index b90732f..ca1b1e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
-name: Test the code, doc building, and packaging
+name: tests
 
 on:
   push: