diff --git a/src/linguist/linguist/mainwindow.cpp b/src/linguist/linguist/mainwindow.cpp
index 731ce44eb416117a8ce0fc8f6b4a084039139baf..8cc55d44b0838d426856cb65dda17fb962736147 100644
--- a/src/linguist/linguist/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/linguist/linguist/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -2321,11 +2321,14 @@ void MainWindow::updateProgress()
 {
     int numEditable = m_dataModel->getNumEditable();
     int numFinished = m_dataModel->getNumFinished();
-    if (!m_dataModel->modelCount())
+    if (!m_dataModel->modelCount()) {
         m_progressLabel->setText(QString(QLatin1String("    ")));
-    else
-        m_progressLabel->setText(QString(QLatin1String(" %1/%2 "))
-                                 .arg(numFinished).arg(numEditable));
+        m_progressLabel->setToolTip(QString());
+    } else {
+        m_progressLabel->setText(QStringLiteral(" %1/%2 ").arg(numFinished).arg(numEditable));
+        m_progressLabel->setToolTip(tr("%n unfinished message(s) left.", 0,
+                                       numEditable - numFinished));
+    }
     bool enable = numFinished != numEditable;
     m_ui.actionPrevUnfinished->setEnabled(enable);
     m_ui.actionNextUnfinished->setEnabled(enable);
diff --git a/src/linguist/linguist/messagemodel.cpp b/src/linguist/linguist/messagemodel.cpp
index 7ceeed933a6b6be8ec4cf35ffc574103a751f613..ecaf2109bacc10f23a6ad58f0fb912146b5c43b8 100644
--- a/src/linguist/linguist/messagemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/linguist/linguist/messagemodel.cpp
@@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@ QVariant MessageModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
 
         MultiContextItem *mci = m_data->multiContextItem(row);
 
-        if (role == Qt::DisplayRole || (role == Qt::ToolTipRole && column == numLangs)) {
+        if (role == Qt::DisplayRole || role == Qt::ToolTipRole) {
             switch (column - numLangs) {
             case 0: // Context
                 {
@@ -1361,6 +1361,10 @@ QVariant MessageModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
                 }
             case 1:
                 {
+                    if (role == Qt::ToolTipRole) {
+                        return tr("%n unfinished message(s) left.", 0,
+                                  mci->getNumEditable() - mci->getNumFinished());
+                    }
                     QString s;
                     s.sprintf("%d/%d", mci->getNumFinished(), mci->getNumEditable());
                     return s;