diff --git a/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.h b/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.h
--- a/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.h
+++ b/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.h
@@ -346,13 +346,22 @@
     /**
      * Sets the text to be displayed in front of the selection.
      *
-     * The default is "Location".
+     * The default is "Name".
      * Most useful if you want to make clear what
      * the location is used for.
      */
     void setLocationLabel(const QString &text);
 
     /**
+     * Sets the text to be displayed in front of the selection.
+     *
+     * The default is "Filter".
+     * Most useful if you want to change the text to something more appropriate
+     * for each of the various modes that the filewidget can be created with
+     */
+    void setFilterLabel(const QString &text);
+
+    /**
      * Returns a pointer to the toolbar.
      *
      */
diff --git a/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp b/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp
--- a/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@
         delete ops;
     }
 
-    void updateLocationWhatsThis();
+    void updateWhatsThis();
+    void updateFilterLabel();
     void updateAutoSelectExtension();
     void initSpeedbar();
     void initGUI();
@@ -570,7 +571,6 @@
     connect(d->locationEdit, SIGNAL(editTextChanged(QString)),
             SLOT(_k_slotLocationChanged(QString)));
 
-    d->updateLocationWhatsThis();
     d->locationLabel->setBuddy(d->locationEdit);
 
     KUrlCompletion *fileCompletionObj = new KUrlCompletion(KUrlCompletion::FileCompletion);
@@ -583,28 +583,23 @@
             this,  SLOT(_k_locationAccepted(QString)));
 
     // the Filter label/edit
-    whatsThisText = i18n("<qt>This is the filter to apply to the file list. "
-                         "File names that do not match the filter will not be shown.<p>"
-                         "You may select from one of the preset filters in the "
-                         "drop down menu, or you may enter a custom filter "
-                         "directly into the text area.</p><p>"
-                         "Wildcards such as * and ? are allowed.</p></qt>");
     d->filterLabel = new QLabel(i18n("&Filter:"), this);
-    d->filterLabel->setWhatsThis(whatsThisText);
     d->filterWidget = new KFileFilterCombo(this);
     // Properly let the dialog be resized (to smaller). Otherwise we could have
     // huge dialogs that can't be resized to smaller (it would be as big as the longest
     // item in this combo box). (ereslibre)
     d->filterWidget->setSizeAdjustPolicy(QComboBox::AdjustToMinimumContentsLength);
-    d->filterWidget->setWhatsThis(whatsThisText);
     d->filterLabel->setBuddy(d->filterWidget);
     connect(d->filterWidget, SIGNAL(filterChanged()), SLOT(_k_slotFilterChanged()));
 
     d->filterDelayTimer.setSingleShot(true);
     d->filterDelayTimer.setInterval(300);
     connect(d->filterWidget, SIGNAL(editTextChanged(QString)), &d->filterDelayTimer, SLOT(start()));
     connect(&d->filterDelayTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), SLOT(_k_slotFilterChanged()));
 
+    d->updateWhatsThis();
+    d->updateFilterLabel();
+
     // the Automatically Select Extension checkbox
     // (the text, visibility etc. is set in updateAutoSelectExtension(), which is called by readConfig())
     d->autoSelectExtCheckBox = new QCheckBox(this);
@@ -684,6 +679,11 @@
     d->locationLabel->setText(text);
 }
 
+void KFileWidget::setFilterLabel(const QString &text)
+{
+    d->filterLabel->setText(text);
+}
+
 void KFileWidget::setFilter(const QString &filter)
 {
     int pos = filter.indexOf('/');
@@ -1329,24 +1329,43 @@
     }
 }
 
-void KFileWidgetPrivate::updateLocationWhatsThis()
+void KFileWidgetPrivate::updateWhatsThis()
 {
-    QString whatsThisText;
+    QString locationWhatsThisText;
+    QString filterWhatsThisText;
+
     if (operationMode == KFileWidget::Saving) {
-        whatsThisText = "<qt>" + i18n("This is the name to save the file as.") +
+        locationWhatsThisText = "<qt>" + i18n("This is the name to save the file as.") +
                         i18n(autocompletionWhatsThisText);
+        filterWhatsThisText = i18n("<qt>This is the file type selector. "
+                         "Use it to choose the type for the file that will be saved.</qt>");
     } else if (ops->mode() & KFile::Files) {
-        whatsThisText = "<qt>" + i18n("This is the list of files to open. More than "
+        locationWhatsThisText = "<qt>" + i18n("This is the list of files to open. More than "
                                       "one file can be specified by listing several "
                                       "files, separated by spaces.") +
                         i18n(autocompletionWhatsThisText);
     } else {
-        whatsThisText = "<qt>" + i18n("This is the name of the file to open.") +
+        locationWhatsThisText = "<qt>" + i18n("This is the name of the file to open.") +
                         i18n(autocompletionWhatsThisText);
+        filterWhatsThisText = i18n("<qt>This is the filter to apply to the file list. "
+                         "File names that do not match the filter will not be shown.<p>"
+                         "You may select from one of the preset filters in the "
+                         "drop down menu, or you may enter a custom filter "
+                         "directly into the text area.</p><p>"
+                         "Wildcards such as * and ? are allowed.</p></qt>");
     }
 
-    locationLabel->setWhatsThis(whatsThisText);
-    locationEdit->setWhatsThis(whatsThisText);
+    locationLabel->setWhatsThis(locationWhatsThisText);
+    locationEdit->setWhatsThis(locationWhatsThisText);
+    filterLabel->setWhatsThis(filterWhatsThisText);
+    filterWidget->setWhatsThis(filterWhatsThisText);
+}
+
+void KFileWidgetPrivate::updateFilterLabel()
+{
+    if (operationMode == KFileWidget::Saving) {
+        q->setFilterLabel(i18n("&File Type:"));
+    }
 }
 
 void KFileWidgetPrivate::initSpeedbar()
@@ -2062,7 +2081,8 @@
     } else {
         KGuiItem::assign(d->okButton, KStandardGuiItem::ok());
     }
-    d->updateLocationWhatsThis();
+    d->updateWhatsThis();
+    d->updateFilterLabel();
     d->updateAutoSelectExtension();
 
     if (d->ops) {