diff --git a/src/plugins/menu-search/gtk/menus.ui b/src/plugins/menu-search/gtk/menus.ui
index 887cba8398dc993bb99e60b77fd5a377d872ed73..66755d8b44d35c346f8af617d22e8e77fe7dc62a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/menu-search/gtk/menus.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/menu-search/gtk/menus.ui
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
       <!-- translators: you may need to swap left/right in your language, as this refers to "start" (not "end") -->
       <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Toggle Left Panel</attribute>
       <attribute name="description" translatable="yes">Toggle the left panel in our out of view</attribute>
+      <!-- translators: valid values are "panel-left-symbolic" and "panel-right-symbolic". Choose "panel-right-symbolic" for RTL -->
       <attribute name="verb-icon" translatable="yes">panel-left-symbolic</attribute>
       <attribute name="action">workspace.panel.toggle-start</attribute>
     </item>
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
       <!-- translators: you may need to swap left/right in your language, as this refers to "end" (not "start") -->
       <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Toggle Right Panel</attribute>
       <attribute name="description" translatable="yes">Toggle the right panel in our out of view</attribute>
+      <!-- translators: valid values are "panel-right-symbolic" and "panel-left-symbolic". Choose "panel-left-symbolic" for RTL -->
       <attribute name="verb-icon" translatable="yes">panel-right-symbolic</attribute>
       <attribute name="action">workspace.panel.toggle-end</attribute>
     </item>