diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/jobs.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/jobs.ui
index 5b311bf056..95d0585cf0 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/jobs.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/jobs.ui
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
      <property name="alternatingRowColors">
       <bool>true</bool>
      </property>
-     <property name="selectionMode">
-      <enum>QAbstractItemView::SingleSelection</enum>
-     </property>
      <property name="selectionBehavior">
       <enum>QAbstractItemView::SelectRows</enum>
      </property>
@@ -46,7 +43,7 @@
    <item>
     <widget class="QPushButton" name="kill_button">
      <property name="text">
-      <string>&amp;Stop selected job</string>
+      <string>&amp;Stop selected jobs</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/jobs.py b/src/calibre/gui2/jobs.py
index d6a3951042..c9277518e2 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/jobs.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/jobs.py
@@ -268,7 +268,8 @@ class JobManager(QAbstractTableModel): # {{{
 # }}}
 
 # Jobs UI {{{
-class ProgressBarDelegate(QAbstractItemDelegate):
+
+class ProgressBarDelegate(QAbstractItemDelegate): # {{{
 
     def sizeHint(self, option, index):
         return QSize(120, 30)
@@ -285,8 +286,9 @@ class ProgressBarDelegate(QAbstractItemDelegate):
         opts.progress = percent
         opts.text = QString(_('Unavailable') if percent == 0 else '%d%%'%percent)
         QApplication.style().drawControl(QStyle.CE_ProgressBar, opts, painter)
+# }}}
 
-class DetailView(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):
+class DetailView(QDialog, Ui_Dialog): # {{{
 
     def __init__(self, parent, job):
         QDialog.__init__(self, parent)
@@ -319,8 +321,9 @@ class DetailView(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):
             self.next_pos = f.tell()
             if more:
                 self.log.appendPlainText(more.decode('utf-8', 'replace'))
+# }}}
 
-class JobsButton(QFrame):
+class JobsButton(QFrame): # {{{
 
     def __init__(self, horizontal=False, size=48, parent=None):
         QFrame.__init__(self, parent)
@@ -405,6 +408,7 @@ class JobsButton(QFrame):
             self.stop()
             QCoreApplication.instance().alert(self, 5000)
 
+# }}}
 
 class JobsDialog(QDialog, Ui_JobsDialog):
 
@@ -447,7 +451,6 @@ class JobsDialog(QDialog, Ui_JobsDialog):
         except:
             pass
 
-
     def show_job_details(self, index):
         row = index.row()
         job = self.jobs_view.model().row_to_job(row)
@@ -456,18 +459,23 @@ class JobsDialog(QDialog, Ui_JobsDialog):
         d.timer.stop()
 
     def show_details(self, *args):
-        for index in self.jobs_view.selectedIndexes():
+        index = self.jobs_view.currentIndex()
+        if index.isValid():
             self.show_job_details(index)
-            return
 
     def kill_job(self, *args):
-        if question_dialog(self, _('Are you sure?'), _('Do you really want to stop the selected job?')):
-            for index in self.jobs_view.selectionModel().selectedRows():
-                row = index.row()
+        rows = [index.row() for index in
+                self.jobs_view.selectionModel().selectedRows()]
+        if question_dialog(self, _('Are you sure?'),
+                ngettext('Do you really want to stop the selected job?',
+                    'Do you really want to stop all the selected jobs?',
+                    len(rows))):
+            for row in rows:
                 self.model.kill_job(row, self)
 
     def kill_all_jobs(self, *args):
-        if question_dialog(self, _('Are you sure?'), _('Do you really want to stop all non-device jobs?')):
+        if question_dialog(self, _('Are you sure?'),
+                _('Do you really want to stop all non-device jobs?')):
             self.model.kill_all_jobs()
 
     def closeEvent(self, e):