diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/AppearPrefView.cpp b/src/apps/terminal/AppearPrefView.cpp
index 536a6d1a00..b7ae0490c1 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/AppearPrefView.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/AppearPrefView.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ AppearancePrefView::AppearancePrefView(const char* name,
 		new BMessage(MSG_TAB_TITLE_SETTING_CHANGED));
 	fTabTitle->SetToolTip(BString(B_TRANSLATE(
 		"The pattern specifying the tab titles. The following placeholders\n"
-		"can be used:")) << "\n" << kTooTipSetTabTitlePlaceholders
+		"can be used:")) << "\n" << kToolTipSetTabTitlePlaceholders
 		<< "\n" << kToolTipCommonTitlePlaceholders);
 
 	fWindowTitle = new BTextControl("windowTitle", B_TRANSLATE("Window title:"),
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ AppearancePrefView::AppearancePrefView(const char* name,
 		new BMessage(MSG_WINDOW_TITLE_SETTING_CHANGED));
 	fWindowTitle->SetToolTip(BString(B_TRANSLATE(
 		"The pattern specifying the window titles. The following placeholders\n"
-		"can be used:")) << "\n" << kTooTipSetWindowTitlePlaceholders
+		"can be used:")) << "\n" << kToolTipSetWindowTitlePlaceholders
 		<< "\n" << kToolTipCommonTitlePlaceholders);
 
 	BLayoutBuilder::Group<>(this)
diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/TermConst.cpp b/src/apps/terminal/TermConst.cpp
index ae4a608a8e..d260e3c0b4 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/TermConst.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/TermConst.cpp
@@ -13,16 +13,15 @@
 #define B_TRANSLATION_CONTEXT "Terminal ToolTips"
 
 
-const char* const kTooTipSetTabTitlePlaceholders = B_TRANSLATE(
+const char* const kToolTipSetTabTitlePlaceholders = B_TRANSLATE(
 	"\t%d\t-\tThe current working directory of the active process.\n"
 	"\t\t\tOptionally the maximum number of path components can be\n"
 	"\t\t\tspecified. E.g. '%2d' for at most two components.\n"
 	"\t%i\t-\tThe index of the tab.\n"
 	"\t%e\t-\tThe encoding of the current tab. Not shown for UTF-8.\n"
-	"\t%p\t-\tThe name of the active process.\n"
-	"\t%%\t-\tThe character '%'.");
+	"\t%p\t-\tThe name of the active process.");
 
-const char* const kTooTipSetWindowTitlePlaceholders = B_TRANSLATE(
+const char* const kToolTipSetWindowTitlePlaceholders = B_TRANSLATE(
 	"\t%d\t-\tThe current working directory of the active process in the\n"
 	"\t\t\tcurrent tab. Optionally the maximum number of path components\n"
 	"\t\t\tcan be specified. E.g. '%2d' for at most two components.\n"
diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/TermConst.h b/src/apps/terminal/TermConst.h
index a8c5f401cb..8f56b22785 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/TermConst.h
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/TermConst.h
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ static const char* const PREF_TAB_TITLE = "Tab title";
 static const char* const PREF_WINDOW_TITLE = "Window title";
 
 // shared strings
-extern const char* const kTooTipSetTabTitlePlaceholders;
-extern const char* const kTooTipSetWindowTitlePlaceholders;
+extern const char* const kToolTipSetTabTitlePlaceholders;
+extern const char* const kToolTipSetWindowTitlePlaceholders;
 extern const char* const kToolTipCommonTitlePlaceholders;
 
 extern const char* const kShellEscapeCharacters;
diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/TermWindow.cpp b/src/apps/terminal/TermWindow.cpp
index ce0582dc88..22c2e61e97 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/TermWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/TermWindow.cpp
@@ -1913,7 +1913,8 @@ TermWindow::_OpenSetTabTitleDialog(int32 index)
 	BString toolTip = BString(B_TRANSLATE(
 		"The pattern specifying the current tab title. The following "
 			"placeholders\n"
-		"can be used:\n")) << kTooTipSetTabTitlePlaceholders;
+		"can be used:\n")) << kToolTipSetTabTitlePlaceholders << "\n"
+		<< kToolTipCommonTitlePlaceholders;
 	fSetTabTitleDialog = new SetTitleDialog(
 		B_TRANSLATE("Set tab title"), B_TRANSLATE("Tab title:"),
 		toolTip);
@@ -1942,7 +1943,8 @@ TermWindow::_OpenSetWindowTitleDialog()
 
 	BString toolTip = BString(B_TRANSLATE(
 		"The pattern specifying the window title. The following placeholders\n"
-		"can be used:\n")) << kTooTipSetTabTitlePlaceholders;
+		"can be used:\n")) << kToolTipSetWindowTitlePlaceholders << "\n"
+		<< kToolTipCommonTitlePlaceholders;
 	fSetWindowTitleDialog = new SetTitleDialog(B_TRANSLATE("Set window title"),
 		B_TRANSLATE("Window title:"), toolTip);