diff --git a/capplets/appearance/data/appearance.ui b/capplets/appearance/data/appearance.ui
index c99229c7c..505bd362d 100644
--- a/capplets/appearance/data/appearance.ui
+++ b/capplets/appearance/data/appearance.ui
@@ -1611,19 +1611,19 @@
     </columns>
     <data>
       <row>
-        <col id="0" translatable="yes">Tiled</col>
+        <col id="0" translatable="yes">Tile</col>
       </row>
       <row>
         <col id="0" translatable="yes">Zoom</col>
       </row>
       <row>
-        <col id="0" translatable="yes">Centered</col>
+        <col id="0" translatable="yes">Center</col>
       </row>
       <row>
-        <col id="0" translatable="yes">Scaled</col>
+        <col id="0" translatable="yes">Scale</col>
       </row>
       <row>
-        <col id="0" translatable="yes">Fill screen</col>
+        <col id="0" translatable="yes">Stretch</col>
       </row>
     </data>
   </object>