diff --git a/app/views/projects/buttons/_star.html.haml b/app/views/projects/buttons/_star.html.haml
index 02dbb2985a4b664460cf8b49b5c973a61c46e0ea..71cf5582a4cd66668ca776511ea648054245b6b8 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/buttons/_star.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/buttons/_star.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - if current_user
-  = link_to toggle_star_namespace_project_path(@project.namespace, @project), class: 'btn star-btn toggle-star has-tooltip', method: :post, remote: true, title: "Star project" do
+  = link_to toggle_star_namespace_project_path(@project.namespace, @project), { class: 'btn star-btn toggle-star has-tooltip', method: :post, remote: true, title: current_user.starred?(@project) ? 'Unstar project' : 'Star project' } do
     - if current_user.starred?(@project)
       = icon('star fw')
       %span.starred Unstar