diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/effectMakerQmlSources/EffectNode.qml b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/effectMakerQmlSources/EffectNode.qml
index 865b60cf824..a2d35bc577d 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/effectMakerQmlSources/EffectNode.qml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/effectMakerQmlSources/EffectNode.qml
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ Rectangle {
         anchors.fill: parent
         acceptedButtons: Qt.LeftButton
 
-        tooltip: modelData.canBeAdded ? "" : qsTr("Existing effect has conflicting properties, this effect cannot be added.")
+        tooltip: modelData.canBeAdded ? modelData.nodeDescription
+                                      : qsTr("Existing effect has conflicting properties, this effect cannot be added.")
 
         onClicked: {
             if (modelData.canBeAdded)
diff --git a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectnode.cpp b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectnode.cpp
index a10703db8f7..b926a45dec8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectnode.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ EffectNode::EffectNode(const QString &qenPath)
     CompositionNode node({}, qenPath);
 
     m_name = node.name();
+    m_description = node.description();
 
     const QList<Uniform *> uniforms = node.uniforms();
     for (const Uniform *uniform : uniforms)