diff --git a/shell/ev-window.c b/shell/ev-window.c
index 077d577dc4833b8c5c41820f916c469c5ec00757..cbfe31948e78ce3e7786c3267e5d8a25d46d003f 100644
--- a/shell/ev-window.c
+++ b/shell/ev-window.c
@@ -5239,10 +5239,9 @@ ev_window_document_modified_cb (EvDocument *document,
 
 	priv->is_modified = TRUE;
 	if (gtk_widget_get_direction (GTK_WIDGET (ev_window)) == GTK_TEXT_DIR_RTL)
-		new_title = g_strconcat ("• ", title, NULL);
-	else
 		new_title = g_strconcat (title, " •", NULL);
-
+	else
+		new_title = g_strconcat ("• ", title, NULL);
 	if (new_title) {
 		hdy_header_bar_set_title (toolbar, new_title);
 		g_free (new_title);