diff --git a/src/qtgui/advsearch.ui b/src/qtgui/advsearch.ui
index 9f4fb1f9..6c6ac2e9 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/advsearch.ui
+++ b/src/qtgui/advsearch.ui
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
                                 <string>Search for files&lt;br&gt;having all of:</string>
                             </property>
                             <property name="toolTip" stdset="0">
-                                <string>All non blank fields will be combined with AND conjunctions. &lt;br&gt;All fields except "exact phrase" can accept a mix of simple words, and phrases enclosed in double quotes.</string>
+                                <string>All non blank fields will be combined with AND conjunctions. &lt;br&gt;All fields except "exact phrase" can accept a mix of simple words, and phrases enclosed in double quotes.&lt;br&gt;There are two &lt;em&gt;Any of these&lt;/em&gt; fields so you can search for things like: &lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;(apple OR pear) AND (green OR sour)&lt;/em&gt;</string>
                             </property>
                         </widget>
                         <widget class="QLayoutWidget">
diff --git a/src/qtgui/rclmain.ui b/src/qtgui/rclmain.ui
index 76ef2e4b..d1d6e33f 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/rclmain.ui
+++ b/src/qtgui/rclmain.ui
@@ -159,9 +159,6 @@
         <property name="name">
             <cstring>fileExitAction</cstring>
         </property>
-        <property name="text">
-            <string>Exit</string>
-        </property>
         <property name="menuText">
             <string>E&amp;xit</string>
         </property>
@@ -173,9 +170,6 @@
         <property name="name">
             <cstring>fileStart_IndexingAction</cstring>
         </property>
-        <property name="text">
-            <string>Update index</string>
-        </property>
         <property name="menuText">
             <string>Update &amp;index</string>
         </property>
@@ -184,9 +178,6 @@
         <property name="name">
             <cstring>helpAbout_RecollAction</cstring>
         </property>
-        <property name="text">
-            <string>About Recoll</string>
-        </property>
         <property name="menuText">
             <string>&amp;About Recoll</string>
         </property>
@@ -195,9 +186,6 @@
         <property name="name">
             <cstring>userManualAction</cstring>
         </property>
-        <property name="text">
-            <string>User manual</string>
-        </property>
         <property name="menuText">
             <string>&amp;User manual</string>
         </property>
@@ -209,9 +197,6 @@
         <property name="iconSet">
             <iconset>history.png</iconset>
         </property>
-        <property name="text">
-            <string>Document &amp;History</string>
-        </property>
         <property name="menuText">
             <string>Document &amp;History</string>
         </property>
@@ -226,9 +211,6 @@
         <property name="iconSet">
             <iconset>asearch.png</iconset>
         </property>
-        <property name="text">
-            <string>Advanced Search</string>
-        </property>
         <property name="menuText">
             <string>&amp;Advanced Search</string>
         </property>
@@ -243,9 +225,6 @@
         <property name="iconSet">
             <iconset>sortparms.png</iconset>
         </property>
-        <property name="text">
-            <string>&amp;Sort parameters</string>
-        </property>
         <property name="menuText">
             <string>&amp;Sort parameters</string>
         </property>
@@ -260,11 +239,8 @@
         <property name="iconSet">
             <iconset>spell.png</iconset>
         </property>
-        <property name="text">
-            <string>Spelling expansion</string>
-        </property>
         <property name="menuText">
-            <string>Spelling expansion</string>
+            <string>Spelling &amp;expansion</string>
         </property>
         <property name="toolTip">
             <string>Spelling expansion tool</string>
@@ -308,9 +284,6 @@
         <property name="name">
             <cstring>preferencesQuery_PrefsAction</cstring>
         </property>
-        <property name="text">
-            <string>&amp;Query configuration</string>
-        </property>
         <property name="menuText">
             <string>&amp;Query configuration</string>
         </property>
diff --git a/src/qtgui/uiprefs.ui b/src/qtgui/uiprefs.ui
index 4849b2c9..1aa23c4d 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/uiprefs.ui
+++ b/src/qtgui/uiprefs.ui
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
                                     <cstring>autoPhraseCB</cstring>
                                 </property>
                                 <property name="text">
-                                    <string>Automatically add phrase to simple searchs</string>
+                                    <string>Automatically add phrase to simple searches</string>
                                 </property>
                                 <property name="toolTip" stdset="0">
                                     <string>A search for [rolling stones] (2 terms) will be changed to [rolling or stones or (rolling phrase 2 stones)].</string>