diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py
index 61fbfa51bb..264d25bac0 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py
@@ -482,9 +482,9 @@ class MetadataBulkDialog(QDialog, Ui_MetadataBulkDialog):
         self.ids = [self.db.id(r) for r in rows]
         self.first_title = self.db.title(self.ids[0], index_is_id=True)
         self.cover_clone.setToolTip(unicode_type(self.cover_clone.toolTip()) + ' (%s)' % self.first_title)
-        self.box_title.setText('<p>' +
-                _('Editing meta information for <b>%d books</b>') %
-                len(rows))
+        self.setWindowTitle(ngettext(
+            'Editing metadata for one book',
+            'Editing metadata for {} books', len(rows)).format(len(rows)))
         self.write_series = False
         self.changed = False
         self.refresh_books = refresh_books
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.ui
index 406d327713..b093fde110 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.ui
@@ -18,16 +18,6 @@
     <normaloff>:/images/edit_input.png</normaloff>:/images/edit_input.png</iconset>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_3">
-   <item>
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="box_title">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string/>
-     </property>
-     <property name="alignment">
-      <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QTabWidget" name="central_widget">
      <property name="currentIndex">
@@ -49,7 +39,7 @@
          <x>0</x>
          <y>0</y>
          <width>935</width>
-         <height>639</height>
+         <height>660</height>
         </rect>
        </property>
        <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
@@ -705,8 +695,8 @@ for e.g., EPUB to EPUB, calibre saves the original EPUB
         <rect>
          <x>0</x>
          <y>0</y>
-         <width>935</width>
-         <height>639</height>
+         <width>100</width>
+         <height>30</height>
         </rect>
        </property>
       </widget>
@@ -726,7 +716,7 @@ for e.g., EPUB to EPUB, calibre saves the original EPUB
         <rect>
          <x>0</x>
          <y>0</y>
-         <width>777</width>
+         <width>804</width>
          <height>388</height>
         </rect>
        </property>