diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index a61753b17..931f31724 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                     entry and one of:
                         * "data": The subtitles file contents
                         * "url": A URL pointing to the subtitles file
+                        * "name": (optional) Name or description of the subtitles, used
+                          when there are more than one subtitles file for this language
                     "ext" will be calculated from URL if missing
     automatic_captions: Like 'subtitles', used by the YoutubeIE for
                     automatically generated captions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index c27f2cd95..d58a49fd7 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1448,18 +1448,21 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         for track in subs_doc.findall('track'):
             lang = track.attrib['lang_code']
             if lang in sub_lang_list:
-                continue
-            sub_formats = []
+                sub_formats = sub_lang_list[lang]
+            else:
+                sub_formats = []
             for ext in self._SUBTITLE_FORMATS:
+                name = track.attrib['name']
                 params = compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
                     'lang': lang,
                     'v': video_id,
                     'fmt': ext,
-                    'name': track.attrib['name'].encode('utf-8'),
+                    'name': name.encode('utf-8'),
                 })
                 sub_formats.append({
                     'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/api/timedtext?' + params,
                     'ext': ext,
+                    'name': name,
                 })
             sub_lang_list[lang] = sub_formats
         if not sub_lang_list: