diff --git a/app/helpers/search_helper.rb b/app/helpers/search_helper.rb
index 6bc9b1d4..b03552b8 100644
--- a/app/helpers/search_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/search_helper.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ module SearchHelper
     options << [l(:label_my_projects), 'my_projects'] unless User.current.memberships.empty?
     options << [l(:label_and_its_subprojects, @project.name), 'subprojects'] unless @project.nil? || @project.descendants.active.empty?
     options << [@project.name, ''] unless @project.nil?
+    label_tag("scope", l(:description_project_scope), :class => "hidden-for-sighted") +
     select_tag('scope', options_for_select(options, params[:scope].to_s)) if options.size > 1
   end
 
diff --git a/config/locales/de.yml b/config/locales/de.yml
index 128750da..a14b61c8 100644
--- a/config/locales/de.yml
+++ b/config/locales/de.yml
@@ -982,3 +982,4 @@ de:
   label_path_encoding: Path encoding
   text_mercurial_repo_example: local repository (e.g. /hgrepo, c:\hgrepo)
   label_diff: diff
+  description_project_scope: Suchbereich
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index e0614bac..1512156b 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -964,3 +964,4 @@ en:
   enumeration_doc_categories: Document categories
   enumeration_activities: Activities (time tracking)
   enumeration_system_activity: System Activity
+  description_project_scope: Search scope