diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefLanguageUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefLanguageUi.ui
index cd60be26dd..26f1a102de 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefLanguageUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefLanguageUi.ui
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
    <item row="0" column="2" >
     <widget class="QComboBox" name="uiLanguageCO" >
      <property name="toolTip" >
-      <string>Select the default language of your documents</string>
+      <string>Select the language of the user interface (menus, dialogs, etc.)</string>
      </property>
      <property name="maxVisibleItems" >
       <number>20</number>