diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiDocument.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiDocument.cpp
index 3b2fd56c2f..807658a72c 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiDocument.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiDocument.cpp
@@ -1281,8 +1281,8 @@ GuiDocument::GuiDocument(GuiView & lv)
 		mathsModule->MathIndentLE));
 	// initialize the length validator
 	bc().addCheckedLineEdit(mathsModule->MathIndentLE);
-	mathsModule->MathNumberingPosCO->addItem(qt_("Before"));
-	mathsModule->MathNumberingPosCO->addItem(qt_("After"));
+	mathsModule->MathNumberingPosCO->addItem(qt_("Left"));
+	mathsModule->MathNumberingPosCO->addItem(qt_("Right"));
 	mathsModule->MathNumberingPosCO->setCurrentIndex(2);
 	
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/MathsUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/MathsUi.ui
index e776e7875c..371df662a4 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/MathsUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/MathsUi.ui
@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@
    </item>
    <item row="4" column="0">
     <widget class="QLabel" name="MathNumberingPosL">
+     <property name="sizePolicy">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+      </sizepolicy>
+     </property>
      <property name="minimumSize">
       <size>
        <width>115</width>
@@ -132,7 +138,7 @@
       </size>
      </property>
      <property name="text">
-      <string>Number formulas:</string>
+      <string>Formula numbering side:</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
@@ -148,7 +154,7 @@
       </sizepolicy>
      </property>
      <property name="toolTip">
-      <string>Size of the indentation</string>
+      <string>Side where formulas are numbered</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>