diff --git a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimoptions.ui b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimoptions.ui
index f1988ad3bd5..8974f2ae0cd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimoptions.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimoptions.ui
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
         <item row="2" column="0">
          <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBoxReadVimRc">
           <property name="text">
-           <string>Read .vimrc, from location:</string>
+           <string>Read .vimrc from location:</string>
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
diff --git a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimplugin.cpp
index 852f447d0b9..082125ff538 100644
--- a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimplugin.cpp
@@ -270,9 +270,9 @@ QWidget *FakeVimOptionPage::createPage(QWidget *parent)
 {
     QWidget *w = new QWidget(parent);
     m_ui.setupUi(w);
-    m_ui.lineEditVimRcPath->setPlaceholderText(
-                Utils::HostOsInfo::isAnyUnixHost() ? tr("Default: $HOME/.vimrc")
-                                                   : tr("Default: %USERPROFILE%\\_vimrc"));
+    const QString vimrcDefault = Utils::HostOsInfo::isAnyUnixHost() ?
+        QLatin1String("$HOME/.vimrc") : QLatin1String("%USERPROFILE%\\_vimrc");
+    m_ui.lineEditVimRcPath->setPlaceholderText(tr("Default: %1").arg(vimrcDefault));
 
     m_group.clear();
     m_group.insert(theFakeVimSetting(ConfigUseFakeVim),