diff --git a/app/models/article.rb b/app/models/article.rb
index 6140e41..dfd4653 100644
--- a/app/models/article.rb
+++ b/app/models/article.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
     'text/html'
   end
 
+  def mime_type_description
+    _('Text document')
+  end
+
   def title
     name
   end
diff --git a/test/unit/article_test.rb b/test/unit/article_test.rb
index 6f026ed..7f6745b 100644
--- a/test/unit/article_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/article_test.rb
@@ -70,4 +70,12 @@ class ArticleTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal 'text-html', Article.new.icon_name
   end
 
+  should 'provide a (translatable) description' do
+    result = 'the description'
+
+    a = Article.new
+    a.expects(:_).returns(result)
+    assert_same result, a.mime_type_description
+  end
+
 end
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