diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/quickview.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/quickview.py
index 661dbfd193..f0d1565b60 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/quickview.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/quickview.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class Quickview(QDialog, Ui_Quickview):
         self.view.model().new_bookdisplay_data.connect(self.book_was_changed)
 
         self.close_button.setDefault(False)
-        self.close_button_tooltip = _('The Quickview shortcut ({0}) shows/hides the Quickview pane')
+        self.close_button_tooltip = _('The Quickview shortcut ({0}) shows/hides the Quickview panel')
         self.search_button_tooltip = _('Search in the library view for the currently highlighted selection')
         self.search_button.setToolTip(self.search_button_tooltip)
         if self.is_pane:
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/adding.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/adding.ui
index 57b9a5c45a..c8163530de 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/adding.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/adding.ui
@@ -284,12 +284,12 @@ Author matching is exact.</string>
        <item row="5" column="0">
         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="opt_auto_add_everything">
          <property name="toolTip">
-          <string>By default, calibre will auto-add only known e-book files. 
+          <string>By default, calibre will automatically add only known e-book files. 
 This option tells calibre to add all file types, except those
 that have been explicitly ignored below.</string>
          </property>
          <property name="text">
-          <string>Auto add files of &amp;all types (not just e-books)</string>
+          <string>Automatically add files of &amp;all types (not just e-books)</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ that have been explicitly ignored below.</string>
          <item>
           <widget class="QLineEdit" name="opt_auto_add_path">
            <property name="placeholderText">
-            <string>Folder to auto-add files from</string>
+            <string>Folder to automatically add files from</string>
            </property>
           </widget>
          </item>
@@ -391,12 +391,12 @@ that have been explicitly ignored below.</string>
         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="opt_auto_add_check_for_duplicates">
          <property name="toolTip">
           <string>If set, this option will cause calibre to check if a file
- being auto-added is already in the calibre library.
+ being automatically added is already in the calibre library.
  If it is, a message will pop up asking you whether
  you want to add it anyway.</string>
          </property>
          <property name="text">
-          <string>Check for &amp;duplicates when auto-adding files</string>
+          <string>Check for &amp;duplicates when automatically adding files</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.ui
index 33955b773d..22d41eda29 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.ui
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ them to all have the same width and height</string>
          <item row="2" column="0">
           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="opt_qv_respects_vls">
            <property name="text">
-            <string>&amp;Apply virtual libraries in Quickview pane</string>
+            <string>&amp;Apply virtual libraries in Quickview panel</string>
            </property>
            <property name="toolTip">
             <string>Check this box to make Quickview show books only in the
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ column being examined (the left-hand pane)</string>
        <item row="3" column="0" rowspan="2">
         <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox">
          <property name="title">
-          <string>Select displayed columns</string>
+          <string>Select columns to display</string>
          </property>
          <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_32">
           <item row="0" column="1">