diff --git a/src/plugins/beautifier/artisticstyle/artisticstyleoptionspage.cpp b/src/plugins/beautifier/artisticstyle/artisticstyleoptionspage.cpp
index f6019fd59fb..59d28279d46 100644
--- a/src/plugins/beautifier/artisticstyle/artisticstyleoptionspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/beautifier/artisticstyle/artisticstyleoptionspage.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ ArtisticStyleOptionsPageWidget::ArtisticStyleOptionsPageWidget(ArtisticStyleSett
     , m_settings(settings)
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
+    ui->useHomeFile->setText(ui->useHomeFile->text().replace(
+                                 QLatin1String("HOME"),
+                                 QDir::toNativeSeparators(QDir::home().absolutePath())));
     ui->command->setExpectedKind(Utils::PathChooser::ExistingCommand);
     ui->command->setPromptDialogTitle(BeautifierPlugin::msgCommandPromptDialogTitle(
                                           QLatin1String(Constants::ArtisticStyle::DISPLAY_NAME)));
diff --git a/src/plugins/beautifier/artisticstyle/artisticstyleoptionspage.ui b/src/plugins/beautifier/artisticstyle/artisticstyleoptionspage.ui
index 2dba5d2f329..6eb50d954b3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/beautifier/artisticstyle/artisticstyleoptionspage.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/beautifier/artisticstyle/artisticstyleoptionspage.ui
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
       <item>
        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="useHomeFile">
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Use $HOME/.astylerc or $HOME/astylerc</string>
+         <string extracomment="HOME is replaced by the user's home directory">Use file .astylerc or astylerc in HOME</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
diff --git a/src/plugins/beautifier/uncrustify/uncrustifyoptionspage.cpp b/src/plugins/beautifier/uncrustify/uncrustifyoptionspage.cpp
index 64afa33dcca..8bc8833189b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/beautifier/uncrustify/uncrustifyoptionspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/beautifier/uncrustify/uncrustifyoptionspage.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ UncrustifyOptionsPageWidget::UncrustifyOptionsPageWidget(UncrustifySettings *set
     , m_settings(settings)
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
+    ui->useHomeFile->setText(ui->useHomeFile->text().replace(
+                                 QLatin1String("HOME"),
+                                 QDir::toNativeSeparators(QDir::home().absolutePath())));
     ui->command->setExpectedKind(Utils::PathChooser::ExistingCommand);
     ui->command->setPromptDialogTitle(BeautifierPlugin::msgCommandPromptDialogTitle(
                                           QLatin1String(Constants::Uncrustify::DISPLAY_NAME)));
diff --git a/src/plugins/beautifier/uncrustify/uncrustifyoptionspage.ui b/src/plugins/beautifier/uncrustify/uncrustifyoptionspage.ui
index 7a8c9242911..f73343b340f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/beautifier/uncrustify/uncrustifyoptionspage.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/beautifier/uncrustify/uncrustifyoptionspage.ui
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
       <item>
        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="useHomeFile">
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Use $HOME/uncrustify.cfg</string>
+         <string extracomment="HOME is replaced by the user's home directory">Use file uncrustify.cfg in HOME</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>