diff --git a/src/qtgui/confgui/confguiindex.cpp b/src/qtgui/confgui/confguiindex.cpp
index dc0aed13..f7a72123 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/confgui/confguiindex.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/confgui/confguiindex.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,9 @@ private:
 ConfIndexW::ConfIndexW(QWidget *parent, RclConfig *config)
     : QDialog(parent), m_rclconf(config)
 {
-    setWindowTitle(QString::fromLocal8Bit(config->getConfDir().c_str()));
+    QString title("Recoll - Index Settings : ");
+    title += QString::fromLocal8Bit(config->getConfDir().c_str());
+    setWindowTitle(title);
     tabWidget = new QTabWidget;
     reloadPanels();
 
diff --git a/src/qtgui/snippets_w.cpp b/src/qtgui/snippets_w.cpp
index 4db16bed..2c4e3d7c 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/snippets_w.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/snippets_w.cpp
@@ -133,7 +133,11 @@ void SnippetsW::init()
     if (titleOrFilename.empty()) {
 	titleOrFilename = utf8fn;
     }
-    setWindowTitle(QString::fromUtf8(titleOrFilename.c_str()));
+    QString title("Recoll - Snippets");
+    if (!titleOrFilename.empty()) {
+        title += QString(" : ") + QString::fromUtf8(titleOrFilename.c_str());
+    }
+    setWindowTitle(title);
 
     vector<Rcl::Snippet> vpabs;
     m_source->getAbstract(m_doc, vpabs);
diff --git a/src/qtgui/uiprefs.ui b/src/qtgui/uiprefs.ui
index 68150268..a6d6c3c2 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/uiprefs.ui
+++ b/src/qtgui/uiprefs.ui
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
-   <string>User preferences</string>
+   <string>Recoll - User Preferences</string>
   </property>
   <property name="sizeGripEnabled">
    <bool>true</bool>