diff --git a/toolkit/components/passwordmgr/content/passwordManager.xul b/toolkit/components/passwordmgr/content/passwordManager.xul
index 39ac242db24..4a7a061fd27 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/passwordmgr/content/passwordManager.xul
+++ b/toolkit/components/passwordmgr/content/passwordManager.xul
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
       <tabpanels id="panel" flex="1">
         <!-- saved signons -->
         <vbox id="savedsignons" flex="1">
-            <description>&spiel.signonsstored.label;</description>
+            <description control="signonsTree">&spiel.signonsstored.label;</description>
             <separator class="thin"/>
             <tree id="signonsTree" flex="1" style="height: 20em;" hidecolumnpicker="true"
                   onkeypress="HandleSignonKeyPress(event)"
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         </vbox>
         <!-- rejected signon sites -->
         <vbox id="rejectedsites" flex="1">
-            <description>&spiel.signonsnotstored.label;</description>
+            <description control="rejectsTree">&spiel.signonsnotstored.label;</description>
             <separator class="thin"/>
             <tree id="rejectsTree" flex="1" style="height: 10em;" hidecolumnpicker="true"
                   onkeypress="HandleRejectKeyPress(event)"