diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/FloatPlacement.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/FloatPlacement.cpp
index 810644a6b4..dbbaa5961b 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/FloatPlacement.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/FloatPlacement.cpp
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ void FloatPlacement::initFloatTypeCO(FloatList const & floats)
 
 void FloatPlacement::initFloatPlacementCO(bool const local)
 {
-	placementCO->addItem(qt_("Class Defaults"), "class");
+	placementCO->addItem(qt_("Class Default"), "class");
 	if (local)
-		placementCO->addItem(qt_("Document Defaults"), "document");
+		placementCO->addItem(qt_("Document Default"), "document");
 	placementCO->addItem(qt_("Custom"), "custom");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiDocument.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiDocument.cpp
index b51967799a..0bf578f2a4 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiDocument.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiDocument.cpp
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ GuiDocument::GuiDocument(GuiView & lv)
 	fontModule->fontsizeCO->addItem(qt_("12"));
 
 	fontModule->fontencCO->addItem(qt_("Automatic"), QString("auto"));
-	fontModule->fontencCO->addItem(qt_("Class default"), QString("default"));
+	fontModule->fontencCO->addItem(qt_("Class Default"), QString("default"));
 	fontModule->fontencCO->addItem(qt_("Custom"), QString("custom"));
 
 	for (int n = 0; GuiDocument::fontfamilies_gui[n][0]; ++n)
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FloatPlacementUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FloatPlacementUi.ui
index 3e447071b3..36150ec920 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FloatPlacementUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FloatPlacementUi.ui
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
          <string>Use the document's default alignment for floats, as specified in Document Settings.</string>
         </property>
         <property name="text">
-         <string>D&amp;ocument Defaults</string>
+         <string>D&amp;ocument Default</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
          <string>Use the class' default alignment for floats, whatever it is.</string>
         </property>
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Class &amp;Defaults</string>
+         <string>Class &amp;Default</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>