diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-CSharp/.template.config/vs-2017.3.host.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-CSharp/.template.config/vs-2017.3.host.json
index 6a1ebc6e41..7a4bc61218 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-CSharp/.template.config/vs-2017.3.host.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-CSharp/.template.config/vs-2017.3.host.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "http://json.schemastore.org/vs-2017.3.host",
   "name": {
-    "text": "Web API",
+    "text": "API",
     "package": "{0CD94836-1526-4E85-87D3-FB5274C5AFC9}",
     "id": "1013"
   },