diff --git a/changelog/62053.fixed b/changelog/62053.fixed
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..24d281b5f47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/62053.fixed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed the humanname being ignored in pkgrepo.managed on openSUSE Leap
diff --git a/salt/modules/zypperpkg.py b/salt/modules/zypperpkg.py
index 16eb744aa1b..c42c3dd0379 100644
--- a/salt/modules/zypperpkg.py
+++ b/salt/modules/zypperpkg.py
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ def mod_repo(repo, **kwargs):
         but do not remove if disabled.
 
     name
-        This is used as the name value in the repo file.
+        This is used as the descriptive name value in the repo file.
 
     refresh
         Enable or disable (True or False) auto-refresh of the repository.
@@ -1365,6 +1365,14 @@ def mod_repo(repo, **kwargs):
     if "priority" in kwargs:
         cmd_opt.append("--priority={}".format(kwargs.get("priority", DEFAULT_PRIORITY)))
 
+    if "humanname" in kwargs:
+        salt.utils.versions.warn_until(
+            3009,
+            "Passing 'humanname' to 'mod_repo' is deprecated, slated "
+            "for removal in {version}. Please use 'name' instead."
+        )
+        cmd_opt.append("--name='{}'".format(kwargs.get("humanname")))
+
     if "name" in kwargs:
         cmd_opt.append("--name")
         cmd_opt.append(kwargs.get("name"))
diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/test_zypperpkg.py b/tests/unit/modules/test_zypperpkg.py
index b2aee269ff6..c20081c7685 100644
--- a/tests/unit/modules/test_zypperpkg.py
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/test_zypperpkg.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ class ZypperTestCase(TestCase, LoaderModuleMockMixin):
                     "enabled": False,
                     "baseurl": self.new_repo_config["url"],
                     "alias": self.new_repo_config["name"],
+                    "name": self.new_repo_config["name"],
                     "priority": 1,
                     "type": "rpm-md",
                 }
@@ -1377,10 +1378,37 @@ class ZypperTestCase(TestCase, LoaderModuleMockMixin):
             self.assertEqual(type(r_info["enabled"]), bool)
             self.assertEqual(type(r_info["autorefresh"]), bool)
             self.assertEqual(type(r_info["baseurl"]), str)
+            self.assertEqual(type(r_info["name"]), str)
             self.assertEqual(r_info["type"], None)
             self.assertEqual(r_info["enabled"], alias == "SLE12-SP1-x86_64-Update")
             self.assertEqual(r_info["autorefresh"], alias == "SLE12-SP1-x86_64-Update")
 
+    def test_repo_add_mod_name(self):
+        """
+        Test mod_repo adds the new repo and call modify to update descriptive
+        name.
+
+        :return:
+        """
+        url = self.new_repo_config["url"]
+        name = self.new_repo_config["name"]
+        desc_name = "Update Repository"
+        zypper_patcher = patch.multiple(
+            "salt.modules.zypperpkg", **self.zypper_patcher_config
+        )
+
+        with zypper_patcher:
+            zypper.mod_repo(
+                name, **{"url": url, "name": desc_name}
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(
+                zypper.__zypper__(root=None).xml.call.call_args_list,
+                [call("ar", url, name)],
+            )
+            zypper.__zypper__(root=None).refreshable.xml.call.assert_called_once_with(
+                "mr", "--name", desc_name, name
+            )
+
     def test_repo_add_nomod_noref(self):
         """
         Test mod_repo adds the new repo and nothing else
@@ -1451,6 +1479,7 @@ class ZypperTestCase(TestCase, LoaderModuleMockMixin):
             zypper.mod_repo(name, **params)
             expected_params = {
                 "alias": "mock-repo-name",
+                "name": "mock-repo-name",
                 "autorefresh": True,
                 "baseurl": "http://repo.url/some/path-changed",
                 "enabled": False,
diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/zypp/zypper-repo-1.cfg b/tests/unit/modules/zypp/zypper-repo-1.cfg
index 958718c0531..5609abc96b4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/modules/zypp/zypper-repo-1.cfg
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/zypp/zypper-repo-1.cfg
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [SLE12-SP1-x86_64-Update]
+name=Update Repository
 enabled=1
 autorefresh=1
 baseurl=http://somehost.com/SUSE/Updates/SLE-SERVER/12-SP1/x86_64/update/
diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/zypp/zypper-repo-2.cfg b/tests/unit/modules/zypp/zypper-repo-2.cfg
index f55cf183e9d..63dbaa04d66 100644
--- a/tests/unit/modules/zypp/zypper-repo-2.cfg
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/zypp/zypper-repo-2.cfg
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [SLE12-SP1-x86_64-Update-disabled]
+name=Update Repository
 enabled=0
 autorefresh=0
 baseurl=http://somehost.com/SUSE/Updates/SLE-SERVER/12-SP1/x86_64/update/