diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiRef.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiRef.cpp
index 178fdcd5f8..ecfe598c4c 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiRef.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiRef.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ GuiRef::GuiRef(GuiView & lv)
 	filter_->setAutoHideButton(FancyLineEdit::Right, true);
 #endif
 #if QT_VERSION >= 0x040700
-	filter_->setPlaceholderText(qt_("All avail. Labels"));
+	filter_->setPlaceholderText(qt_("All available labels"));
 #endif
 	filter_->setToolTip(qt_("Enter string to filter the list of available labels"));