diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.ui b/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.ui
index f121df8c72f..05c97fa0a28 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.ui
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
       <item row="6" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="codecForLocale">
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Text codec for locale:</string>
+         <string>Text codec for tools:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>