diff --git a/kate/katequickopen.cpp b/kate/katequickopen.cpp
--- a/kate/katequickopen.cpp
+++ b/kate/katequickopen.cpp
@@ -163,6 +163,20 @@
      */
     const QList<KTextEditor::View *> sortedViews(m_mainWindow->viewManager()->sortedViews());
 
+    auto prettyDocumentUrl = [](const QUrl & url) {
+        if (!url.isEmpty() && url.isLocalFile()) {
+            return url.toLocalFile();
+        } else {
+            return url.toDisplayString();
+        }
+    };
+
+    auto addToAlreadySeen = [&alreadySeenFiles](KTextEditor::Document *doc) {
+        if (!doc->url().isEmpty() && doc->url().isLocalFile()) {
+            alreadySeenFiles.insert(doc->url().toLocalFile());
+        }
+    };
+
     /**
      * now insert them in order
      */
@@ -187,15 +201,13 @@
         font.setBold(true);
         itemName->setFont(font);
 
-        QStandardItem *itemUrl = new QStandardItem(doc->url().toString());
+        QStandardItem *itemUrl = new QStandardItem(prettyDocumentUrl(doc->url()));
         itemUrl->setEditable(false);
         m_base_model->setItem(linecount, 0, itemName);
         m_base_model->setItem(linecount, 1, itemUrl);
         linecount++;
 
-        if (!doc->url().isEmpty() && doc->url().isLocalFile()) {
-            alreadySeenFiles.insert(doc->url().toLocalFile());
-        }
+        addToAlreadySeen(doc);
 
         // select second document, that is the last used (beside the active one)
         if (linecount == 2) {
@@ -215,7 +227,6 @@
             continue;
         }
 
-        //QStandardItem *item=new QStandardItem(i18n("%1: %2",doc->documentName(),doc->url().toString()));
         QStandardItem *itemName = new QStandardItem(doc->documentName());
 
         itemName->setData(qVariantFromValue(QPointer<KTextEditor::Document> (doc)), DocumentRole);
@@ -225,15 +236,13 @@
         font.setBold(true);
         itemName->setFont(font);
 
-        QStandardItem *itemUrl = new QStandardItem(doc->url().toString());
+        QStandardItem *itemUrl = new QStandardItem(prettyDocumentUrl(doc->url()));
         itemUrl->setEditable(false);
         m_base_model->setItem(linecount, 0, itemName);
         m_base_model->setItem(linecount, 1, itemUrl);
         linecount++;
 
-        if (!doc->url().isEmpty() && doc->url().isLocalFile()) {
-            alreadySeenFiles.insert(doc->url().toLocalFile());
-        }
+        addToAlreadySeen(doc);
     }
 
     /**