diff --git a/app/views/projects/diffs/_file_header.html.haml b/app/views/projects/diffs/_file_header.html.haml
index d3ed8e1bf3897cb701f575d0614a95e7e32a6cec..90c9a0c6c2b3edb22cd01fba125c07de210b5f95 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/diffs/_file_header.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/diffs/_file_header.html.haml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
       - if diff_file.deleted_file
         deleted
 
-  = clipboard_button(clipboard_text: diff_file.new_path, class: 'btn-clipboard btn-transparent prepend-left-5', title: 'Copy filename to clipboard')
+  = clipboard_button(clipboard_text: diff_file.new_path, class: 'btn-clipboard btn-transparent prepend-left-5', title: 'Copy file path to clipboard')
 
   - if diff_file.mode_changed?
     %small
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/filename-to-file-path.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/filename-to-file-path.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3c6c838595a5196af051051655300b737cff0730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/filename-to-file-path.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+title: Rename filename to file path in tooltip of file header in merge request diff
+merge_request: 8314
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