diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e8fb1f53be..469a515fbd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-02-01  Martin Nordholts  <martinn@svn.gnome.org>
+
+	* app/display/gimpdisplayshell-title.c: Use the dedicated image
+	type strings for the image window title, the enum value strings
+	are too verbose.
+
 2009-02-01  Martin Nordholts  <martinn@svn.gnome.org>
 
 	* app/core/gimpdrawable.c: Collect logic to update the
diff --git a/app/display/gimpdisplayshell-title.c b/app/display/gimpdisplayshell-title.c
index 1b2f488de1..89edd4be75 100644
--- a/app/display/gimpdisplayshell-title.c
+++ b/app/display/gimpdisplayshell-title.c
@@ -124,12 +124,13 @@ gimp_display_shell_update_title_idle (gpointer data)
 static const gchar *
 gimp_display_shell_title_image_type (GimpImage *image)
 {
-  const gchar *name = "";
-
-  gimp_enum_get_value (GIMP_TYPE_IMAGE_BASE_TYPE,
-                       gimp_image_base_type (image), NULL, NULL, &name, NULL);
-
-  return name;
+  switch (gimp_image_base_type (image))
+    {
+    case GIMP_RGB:     return _("RGB");
+    case GIMP_GRAY:    return _("grayscale");
+    case GIMP_INDEXED: return _("indexed");
+    default:           return "unknown";
+    }
 }
 
 static gint print (gchar       *buf,