diff --git a/ui/annotationmodel.cpp b/ui/annotationmodel.cpp
--- a/ui/annotationmodel.cpp
+++ b/ui/annotationmodel.cpp
@@ -339,7 +339,14 @@
     switch ( role )
     {
         case Qt::DisplayRole:
-            return GuiUtils::captionForAnnotation( item->annotation );
+        {
+            QString caption = GuiUtils::captionForAnnotation( item->annotation );
+            if ( !item->annotation->contents().isEmpty() )
+            {
+                caption.append("*");
+            }
+            return caption;
+        }
             break;
         case Qt::DecorationRole:
             return QIcon::fromTheme( QStringLiteral("okular") );