diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 87a95e2769..3fc7380a5e 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -3744,7 +3744,7 @@ sub get_page_title {
 
 	unless (defined $project) {
 		if (defined $project_filter) {
-			$title .= " - " . to_utf8($project_filter);
+			$title .= " - projects in '" . esc_path($project_filter) . "'";
 		}
 		return $title;
 	}