diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsettingspropertiespage.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsettingspropertiespage.cpp
index 3d204a6d650..478cdd8392f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsettingspropertiespage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsettingspropertiespage.cpp
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ void BuildSettingsWidget::cloneConfiguration()
 void BuildSettingsWidget::deleteConfiguration()
 {
     QMessageBox msgBox(QMessageBox::Question, tr("Remove Build Configuration?"),
-                       tr("Do you really want to delete build configuration %1.").arg(m_buildConfiguration->displayName()),
+                       tr("Do you really want to delete build configuration <b>%1</b>.").arg(m_buildConfiguration->displayName()),
                        QMessageBox::Yes|QMessageBox::No, this);
     msgBox.setDefaultButton(QMessageBox::No);
     msgBox.setEscapeButton(QMessageBox::No);
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runsettingspropertiespage.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runsettingspropertiespage.cpp
index 4289bd35cce..2cfd22ac6d4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runsettingspropertiespage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runsettingspropertiespage.cpp
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ void RunSettingsWidget::removeRunConfiguration()
 {
     RunConfiguration *rc = m_target->activeRunConfiguration();
     QMessageBox msgBox(QMessageBox::Question, tr("Remove Run Configuration?"),
-                       tr("Do you really want to delete deploy configuration %1.").arg(rc->displayName()),
+                       tr("Do you really want to delete deploy configuration <b>%1</b>.").arg(rc->displayName()),
                        QMessageBox::Yes|QMessageBox::No, this);
     msgBox.setDefaultButton(QMessageBox::No);
     msgBox.setEscapeButton(QMessageBox::No);
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ void RunSettingsWidget::removeDeployConfiguration()
 {
     DeployConfiguration *dc = m_target->activeDeployConfiguration();
     QMessageBox msgBox(QMessageBox::Question, tr("Remove Deploy Configuration?"),
-                       tr("Do you really want to delete deploy configuration %1.").arg(dc->displayName()),
+                       tr("Do you really want to delete deploy configuration <b>%1</b>.").arg(dc->displayName()),
                        QMessageBox::Yes|QMessageBox::No, this);
     msgBox.setDefaultButton(QMessageBox::No);
     msgBox.setEscapeButton(QMessageBox::No);