diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9fd6550a79..8559f6fcb2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
   using `for` loops in Taskfiles (#2576 by @vmaerten).
 - Added `--remote-cache-dir` flag and `remote.cache-dir` taskrc option to
   customize the cache directory for Remote Taskfiles (#2572 by @vmaerten).
+- Zsh completion now supports zstyle verbose option to show or hide task
+  descriptions (#2571 by @vmaerten).
 
 ## v3.45.5 - 2025-11-11
 
diff --git a/completion/zsh/_task b/completion/zsh/_task
index 4b70aaccfd..c0703a09f4 100755
--- a/completion/zsh/_task
+++ b/completion/zsh/_task
@@ -45,12 +45,27 @@ function __task_list() {
     (( enabled )) || return 0
 
     scripts=()
+
+    # Read zstyle verbose option (default = true via -T)
+    local show_desc
+    zstyle -T ":completion:${curcontext}:" verbose && show_desc=true || show_desc=false
+
     for item in "${(@)${(f)output}[2,-1]#\* }"; do
         task="${item%%:[[:space:]]*}"
-        desc="${item##[^[:space:]]##[[:space:]]##}"
-        scripts+=( "${task//:/\\:}:$desc" )
+
+        if [[ "$show_desc" == "true" ]]; then
+            local desc="${item##[^[:space:]]##[[:space:]]##}"
+            scripts+=( "${task//:/\\:}:$desc" )
+        else
+            scripts+=( "$task" )
+        fi
     done
-    _describe 'Task to run' scripts
+
+    if [[ "$show_desc" == "true" ]]; then
+        _describe 'Task to run' scripts
+    else
+        compadd -Q -a scripts
+    fi
 }
 
 _task() {
diff --git a/website/src/docs/installation.md b/website/src/docs/installation.md
index 4a7e03bb37..19e4036f70 100644
--- a/website/src/docs/installation.md
+++ b/website/src/docs/installation.md
@@ -384,3 +384,13 @@ task --completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/task.fish
 ```
 
 :::
+
+### Zsh customization
+
+The Zsh completion supports the standard `verbose` zstyle to control whether task
+descriptions are shown. By default, descriptions are displayed. To show only task
+names without descriptions, add this to your `~/.zshrc` (after the completion is loaded):
+
+```shell
+zstyle ':completion:*:*:task:*' verbose false
+```