diff --git a/lisp/bindings.el b/lisp/bindings.el
index 1cd22167c5b..e397e44b2ff 100644
--- a/lisp/bindings.el
+++ b/lisp/bindings.el
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ mouse-1: Display Line and Column Mode Menu"))
      local-map ,mode-line-column-line-number-mode-map
      mouse-face mode-line-highlight
      ;; XXX needs better description
-     help-echo "Size indication mode\n\
+     help-echo "Buffer Position
 mouse-1: Display Line and Column Mode Menu")
     (size-indication-mode
      (8 ,(propertize