diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/update/GitMergeUpdater.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/update/GitMergeUpdater.java
index 11fd0ff42fac..38bdd91983f7 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/update/GitMergeUpdater.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/update/GitMergeUpdater.java
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ public class GitMergeUpdater extends GitUpdater {
     GitUntrackedFilesOverwrittenByOperationDetector untrackedFilesDetector = new GitUntrackedFilesOverwrittenByOperationDetector(myRoot);
     mergeHandler.addLineListener(untrackedFilesDetector);
 
-    final GitTask mergeTask = new GitTask(myProject, mergeHandler, "Merging changes");
+    String progressTitle = makeProgressTitle("Merging");
+    final GitTask mergeTask = new GitTask(myProject, mergeHandler, progressTitle);
     mergeTask.setProgressIndicator(myProgressIndicator);
     mergeTask.setProgressAnalyzer(new GitStandardProgressAnalyzer());
     final AtomicReference<GitUpdateResult> updateResult = new AtomicReference<GitUpdateResult>();
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/update/GitRebaseUpdater.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/update/GitRebaseUpdater.java
index d4a7f0b49e39..467a60418c09 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/update/GitRebaseUpdater.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/update/GitRebaseUpdater.java
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ public class GitRebaseUpdater extends GitUpdater {
     GitUntrackedFilesOverwrittenByOperationDetector untrackedFilesDetector = new GitUntrackedFilesOverwrittenByOperationDetector(myRoot);
     rebaseHandler.addLineListener(untrackedFilesDetector);
 
-    GitTask rebaseTask = new GitTask(myProject, rebaseHandler, "Rebasing");
+    String progressTitle = makeProgressTitle("Rebasing");
+    GitTask rebaseTask = new GitTask(myProject, rebaseHandler, progressTitle);
     rebaseTask.setProgressIndicator(myProgressIndicator);
     rebaseTask.setProgressAnalyzer(new GitStandardProgressAnalyzer());
     final AtomicReference<GitUpdateResult> updateResult = new AtomicReference<GitUpdateResult>();
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/update/GitUpdater.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/update/GitUpdater.java
index ca6d53ff2929..71b703a60811 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/update/GitUpdater.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/update/GitUpdater.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.update.UpdatedFiles;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import git4idea.GitBranch;
 import git4idea.GitRevisionNumber;
+import git4idea.GitUtil;
 import git4idea.GitVcs;
 import git4idea.branch.GitBranchPair;
 import git4idea.branch.GitBranchUtil;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ import git4idea.commands.GitSimpleHandler;
 import git4idea.config.GitConfigUtil;
 import git4idea.config.GitVcsSettings;
 import git4idea.merge.MergeChangeCollector;
+import git4idea.repo.GitRepositoryManager;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -48,11 +50,12 @@ public abstract class GitUpdater {
 
   @NotNull protected final Project myProject;
   @NotNull protected final Git myGit;
-  protected final @NotNull VirtualFile myRoot;
-  protected final @NotNull Map<VirtualFile, GitBranchPair> myTrackedBranches;
-  protected final @NotNull ProgressIndicator myProgressIndicator;
-  protected final @NotNull UpdatedFiles myUpdatedFiles;
-  protected final @NotNull AbstractVcsHelper myVcsHelper;
+  @NotNull protected final VirtualFile myRoot;
+  @NotNull protected final Map<VirtualFile, GitBranchPair> myTrackedBranches;
+  @NotNull protected final ProgressIndicator myProgressIndicator;
+  @NotNull protected final UpdatedFiles myUpdatedFiles;
+  @NotNull protected final AbstractVcsHelper myVcsHelper;
+  @NotNull protected final GitRepositoryManager myRepositoryManager;
   protected final GitVcs myVcs;
 
   protected GitRevisionNumber myBefore; // The revision that was before update
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ public abstract class GitUpdater {
     myUpdatedFiles = updatedFiles;
     myVcsHelper = AbstractVcsHelper.getInstance(project);
     myVcs = GitVcs.getInstance(project);
+    myRepositoryManager = GitUtil.getRepositoryManager(myProject);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -174,4 +178,10 @@ public abstract class GitUpdater {
     String output = handler.run();
     return output != null && !output.isEmpty();
   }
+
+  @NotNull
+  protected String makeProgressTitle(@NotNull String operation) {
+    return myRepositoryManager.moreThanOneRoot() ? String.format("%s %s...", operation, myRoot.getName()) : operation + "...";
+  }
+
 }