diff --git a/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.cpp
index bcff6a1a74b66c8106cd06428f6e77e9a67c6157..fcb143dcb2492d8329dde3be4d8aad86fb12808e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.cpp
@@ -110,22 +110,24 @@ void FilterSettingsPage::updateFilterPage()
             manager->customValue(Help::Constants::PreviousFilterNameKey).toString();
     }
 
-    QSet<QString> attributes;
-    const Core::HelpManager::Filters &filters = manager->filters();
-
+    Core::HelpManager::Filters filters = manager->userDefinedFilters();
     Core::HelpManager::Filters::const_iterator it;
     for (it = filters.constBegin(); it != filters.constEnd(); ++it) {
         const QString &filter = it.key();
         if (filter == trUnfiltered || filter == lastTrUnfiltered)
             continue;
 
-        attributes += it.value().toSet();
         m_filterMapBackup.insert(filter, it.value());
         if (!m_filterMap.contains(filter))
             m_filterMap.insert(filter, it.value());
     }
     m_ui.filterWidget->addItems(m_filterMap.keys());
 
+    QSet<QString> attributes;
+    filters = manager->filters();
+    for (it = filters.constBegin(); it != filters.constEnd(); ++it)
+        attributes += it.value().toSet();
+
     foreach (const QString &attribute, attributes)
         new QTreeWidgetItem(m_ui.attributeWidget, QStringList(attribute));
 
@@ -148,6 +150,8 @@ void FilterSettingsPage::updateAttributes(QListWidgetItem *item)
         else
             itm->setCheckState(0, Qt::Unchecked);
     }
+
+    updateFilterDescription(item ? item->text() : QString());
 }
 
 void FilterSettingsPage::updateFilterMap()
@@ -166,6 +170,7 @@ void FilterSettingsPage::updateFilterMap()
             newAtts.append(itm->text(0));
     }
     m_filterMap[filter] = newAtts;
+    updateFilterDescription(filter);
 }
 
 void FilterSettingsPage::addFilter()
@@ -197,6 +202,9 @@ void FilterSettingsPage::removeFilter()
     delete item;
     if (m_ui.filterWidget->count())
         m_ui.filterWidget->setCurrentRow(0);
+
+    item = m_ui.filterWidget->item(m_ui.filterWidget->currentRow());
+    updateFilterDescription(item ? item->text() : QString());
 }
 
 void FilterSettingsPage::apply()
@@ -243,3 +251,24 @@ bool FilterSettingsPage::matches(const QString &s) const
 {
     return m_searchKeywords.contains(s, Qt::CaseInsensitive);
 }
+
+void FilterSettingsPage::updateFilterDescription(const QString &filter)
+{
+    const QStringList &checkedList = m_filterMap.value(filter);
+    if (!m_filterMap.keys().isEmpty()) {
+        const QString prefix = tr("The filter \"%1\" will").arg(filter);
+        if (checkedList.isEmpty()) {
+            m_ui.label->setText(prefix + tr(" show every documentation file "
+                "available, as no attributes are specified."));
+        } else if (checkedList.count() == 1) {
+            m_ui.label->setText(prefix + tr(" only show documentation files that"
+                " have the attribute %2 specified.").arg(checkedList.first()));
+        } else {
+            m_ui.label->setText(prefix + tr(" only show documentation files that"
+                " have the attributes %2 specified.").arg(checkedList.join(", ")));
+        }
+    } else {
+        m_ui.label->setText(tr("No user defined filters available or no filter "
+            "selected."));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.h b/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.h
index b8f74d5359d97860b71a2c9dd7a276c2c557a2aa..b2b1982b7e0766789ea437fa49823a23c4a1a625 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.h
+++ b/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.h
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ private slots:
     void addFilter();
     void removeFilter();
 
+private:
+    void updateFilterDescription(const QString &filter);
+
 private:
     Ui::FilterSettingsPage m_ui;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.ui b/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.ui
index 6846ef1d349383bd3dbd660c426bb4d1e434d9d1..fdbaf8e74d618f3d783abfab9d2090deb46a05b5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.ui
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>400</width>
-    <height>300</height>
+    <width>419</width>
+    <height>313</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="toolTip">
@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ Add, modify, and remove document filters, which determine the documentation set
        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
         <item>
          <widget class="QListWidget" name="filterWidget">
+          <property name="sizePolicy">
+           <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Expanding">
+            <horstretch>10</horstretch>
+            <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+           </sizepolicy>
+          </property>
+          <property name="minimumSize">
+           <size>
+            <width>0</width>
+            <height>150</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
           <property name="uniformItemSizes">
            <bool>true</bool>
           </property>
@@ -43,6 +55,18 @@ Add, modify, and remove document filters, which determine the documentation set
        <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
         <item>
          <widget class="QTreeWidget" name="attributeWidget">
+          <property name="sizePolicy">
+           <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Expanding">
+            <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+            <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+           </sizepolicy>
+          </property>
+          <property name="minimumSize">
+           <size>
+            <width>0</width>
+            <height>150</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
           <property name="showDropIndicator" stdset="0">
            <bool>false</bool>
           </property>
@@ -55,9 +79,6 @@ Add, modify, and remove document filters, which determine the documentation set
           <attribute name="headerVisible">
            <bool>false</bool>
           </attribute>
-          <attribute name="headerVisible">
-           <bool>false</bool>
-          </attribute>
           <column>
            <property name="text">
             <string>1</string>
@@ -70,6 +91,25 @@ Add, modify, and remove document filters, which determine the documentation set
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+     <property name="minimumSize">
+      <size>
+       <width>0</width>
+       <height>50</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+     <property name="text">
+      <string>No user defined filters available or no filter selected.</string>
+     </property>
+     <property name="alignment">
+      <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignTop</set>
+     </property>
+     <property name="wordWrap">
+      <bool>true</bool>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
    <item>
     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
      <item>