diff --git a/src/frontends/qt/ui/PrefEditUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt/ui/PrefEditUi.ui
index 2a6a08263b..a8cff2f83f 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt/ui/PrefEditUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt/ui/PrefEditUi.ui
@@ -112,9 +112,12 @@
        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_5">
         <item>
          <widget class="QCheckBox" name="citationSearchCB">
-          <property name="statusTip">
+          <property name="toolTip">
            <string>If this is activated, LyX will search your disk for matching files when clicking on &quot;Try to Open Citation Content...&quot; in the citation context menu</string>
           </property>
+          <property name="statusTip">
+           <string/>
+          </property>
           <property name="text">
            <string>Search &amp;drive for cited files</string>
           </property>