diff --git a/apps/files/js/filelist.js b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
index 6e90f30fcf171a914a1ffd0c55f4a6f36bb04aa3..03e9c138efb1024e268645276fcebabb77acada4 100644
--- a/apps/files/js/filelist.js
+++ b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@
 					fileData.extraData = fileData.extraData.substr(1);
 				}
 				nameSpan.addClass('extra-data').attr('title', fileData.extraData);
-				nameSpan.tooltip({placement: 'right'});
+				nameSpan.tooltip({placement: 'top'});
 			}
 			// dirs can show the number of uploaded files
 			if (mime === 'httpd/unix-directory') {