diff --git a/lib/activityobject.php b/lib/activityobject.php
index 7fe5c4850c..9a6218de3a 100644
--- a/lib/activityobject.php
+++ b/lib/activityobject.php
@@ -195,15 +195,22 @@ class ActivityObject
             $this->type = self::PERSON; // XXX: is this fair?
         }
 
-        // start with <atom:title>
 
-        $title = ActivityUtils::childHtmlContent($element, self::TITLE);
+        // Start with <poco::displayName>
 
-        if (!empty($title)) {
-            $this->title = common_strip_html($title);
+        $this->title = ActivityUtils::childContent($element, PoCo::DISPLAYNAME, PoCo::NS);
+
+        // try falling back to <atom:title>
+
+        if (empty($this->title)) {
+            $title = ActivityUtils::childHtmlContent($element, self::TITLE);
+
+            if (!empty($title)) {
+                $this->title = common_strip_html($title);
+            }
         }
 
-        // fall back to <atom:name>
+        // fall back to <atom:name> as a last resort
 
         if (empty($this->title)) {
             $this->title = $this->_childContent($element, self::NAME);
diff --git a/plugins/OStatus/scripts/update-profile-data.php b/plugins/OStatus/scripts/update-profile-data.php
index 116061a7c3..e024ed95a7 100644
--- a/plugins/OStatus/scripts/update-profile-data.php
+++ b/plugins/OStatus/scripts/update-profile-data.php
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ $helptext = <<<END_OF_HELP
 update-profile-data.php [options] [http://example.com/profile/url]
 
 Rerun profile discovery for the given OStatus remote profile, and save the
-updated profile data (nickname, avatar, bio, etc). Doesn't touch feed state.
+updated profile data (nickname, fullname, avatar, bio, etc).
+Doesn't touch feed state.
 Can be used to clean up after breakages.
 
 Options:
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ function showProfileInfo(Ostatus_profile $oprofile) {
     } else {
         $profile = $oprofile->localProfile();
         try {
-            foreach (array('nickname', 'bio', 'homepage', 'location') as $field) {
+            foreach (array('nickname', 'fullname', 'bio', 'homepage', 'location') as $field) {
                 print "  $field: {$profile->$field}\n";
             }
         } catch (NoProfileException $e) {