diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/common_utils.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/common_utils.js.coffee
index 0000e99a650e545964340858886dff242f9862d6..5e3a802f45f759b8cb621effec38f4d40714ff30 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/common_utils.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/common_utils.js.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ((w) ->
 
+  window.gl or= {}
+  window.gl.utils or= {}
+
   jQuery.timefor = (time, suffix, expiredLabel) ->
 
     return '' unless time
@@ -21,4 +24,13 @@
 
     return timefor
 
+
+  gl.utils.updateTooltipTitle = ($tooltipEl, newTitle) ->
+
+    $tooltipEl
+      .tooltip 'destroy'
+      .attr    'title', newTitle
+      .tooltip 'fixTitle'
+
+
 ) window
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/star.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/star.js.coffee
index f27780dda931d712facd77389375280e2f761e2b..01b28171f72218bac33288f2acd07a330a2039f8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/star.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/star.js.coffee
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ class @Star
         $this.parent().find('.star-count').text data.star_count
         if isStarred
           $starSpan.removeClass('starred').text 'Star'
+          gl.utils.updateTooltipTitle $this, 'Star project'
           $starIcon.removeClass('fa-star').addClass 'fa-star-o'
         else
           $starSpan.addClass('starred').text 'Unstar'
+          gl.utils.updateTooltipTitle $this, 'Unstar project'
           $starIcon.removeClass('fa-star-o').addClass 'fa-star'
         return