diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiBibtex.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiBibtex.cpp
index 8c35ced050..e232d2cdee 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiBibtex.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiBibtex.cpp
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ GuiBibtex::GuiBibtex(GuiView & lv)
 	connect(add_->closePB, SIGNAL(clicked()),
 		add_, SLOT(reject()));
 
+	add_->bibLW->setToolTip(formatToolTip(qt_("This list consists of all databases that are indexed by LaTeX and thus are found without a file path. "
+				    "This is usually everything in the bib/ subdirectory of LaTeX's texmf tree. "
+				    "If you want to reuse your own database, this is the place you should store it.")));
+
 	bc().setPolicy(ButtonPolicy::NoRepeatedApplyReadOnlyPolicy);
 	bc().setOK(okPB);
 	bc().setCancel(closePB);
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/BibtexAddUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/BibtexAddUi.ui
index e8ee4516e6..e3fe11a1a0 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/BibtexAddUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/BibtexAddUi.ui
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
      <item row="1" column="0" colspan="2">
       <widget class="QListWidget" name="bibLW">
        <property name="toolTip">
-        <string>This list consists of all databases that are indexed by LaTeX and thus are found without a file path. This is usually everything in the bib/ subdirectory of LaTeX's texmf tree. If you want to reuse your own database, this is the place you should store it.</string>
+        <string/>
        </property>
        <property name="selectionMode">
         <enum>QAbstractItemView::ExtendedSelection</enum>