diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/EffectView.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/EffectView.cpp
index 466b2b0fa..ce80f8b29 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/EffectView.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/EffectView.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ EffectView::EffectView( Effect * _model, QWidget * _parent ) :
 	m_wetDry->setLabel( tr( "W/D" ) );
 	m_wetDry->move( 27, 5 );
 	m_wetDry->setEnabled( isEnabled );
-	m_wetDry->setHintText( tr( "Wet Level:" ) + " ", "" );
+    m_wetDry->setHintText( tr( "Wet Level:" ), "" );
 	m_wetDry->setWhatsThis( tr( "The Wet/Dry knob sets the ratio between "
 					"the input signal and the effect signal that "
 					"forms the output." ) );
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ EffectView::EffectView( Effect * _model, QWidget * _parent ) :
 	m_autoQuit->setLabel( tr( "DECAY" ) );
 	m_autoQuit->move( 60, 5 );
 	m_autoQuit->setEnabled( isEnabled );
-	m_autoQuit->setHintText( tr( "Time:" ) + " ", "ms" );
+    m_autoQuit->setHintText( tr( "Time:" ), "ms" );
 	m_autoQuit->setWhatsThis( tr(
 "The Decay knob controls how many buffers of silence must pass before the "
 "plugin stops processing.  Smaller values will reduce the CPU overhead but "
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ EffectView::EffectView( Effect * _model, QWidget * _parent ) :
 	m_gate->setLabel( tr( "GATE" ) );
 	m_gate->move( 93, 5 );
 	m_gate->setEnabled( isEnabled );
-	m_gate->setHintText( tr( "Gate:" ) + " ", "" );
+    m_gate->setHintText( tr( "Gate:" ), "" );
 	m_gate->setWhatsThis( tr(
 "The Gate knob controls the signal level that is considered to be 'silence' "
 "while deciding when to stop processing signals." ) );