diff --git a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
index 2f551f2..881f19d 100644
--- a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
@@ -790,6 +790,21 @@
 +
 Default is true.
 
+[[change.submitLabel]]change.submitLabel::
++
+Label name for the submit button.
++
+Default is "Submit".
+
+[[change.submitTooltip]]change.submitTooltip::
++
+Tooltip for the submit button.  Variables available for replacement
+include `${patchSet}` for the current patch set number (1, 2, 3),
+`${branch}` for the branch name ("master") and `${commit}` for the
+abbreviated commit SHA-1 (`c9c0edb`).
++
+Default is "Submit patch set ${patchSet} into ${branch}".
+
 [[changeMerge]]
 === Section changeMerge
 
diff --git a/gerrit-common/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/common/data/ParameterizedStringTest.java b/gerrit-common/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/common/data/ParameterizedStringTest.java
index 615f49f..b350a27 100644
--- a/gerrit-common/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/common/data/ParameterizedStringTest.java
+++ b/gerrit-common/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/common/data/ParameterizedStringTest.java
@@ -14,15 +14,17 @@
 
 package com.google.gerrit.common.data;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
 public class ParameterizedStringTest {
   @Test
   public void testEmptyString() {
@@ -394,4 +396,32 @@
     assertEquals("foo@example.com", p.bind(a)[0]);
     assertEquals("foo@example.com", p.replace(a));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testReplaceSubmitTooltipWithVariables() {
+    ParameterizedString p = new ParameterizedString(
+        "Submit patch set ${patchSet} into ${branch}");
+    assertEquals(2, p.getParameterNames().size());
+    assertTrue(p.getParameterNames().contains("patchSet"));
+
+    Map<String, String> params = ImmutableMap.of(
+        "patchSet", "42",
+        "branch", "foo");
+    assertNotNull(p.bind(params));
+    assertEquals(2, p.bind(params).length);
+    assertEquals("42", p.bind(params)[0]);
+    assertEquals("foo", p.bind(params)[1]);
+    assertEquals("Submit patch set 42 into foo", p.replace(params));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testReplaceSubmitTooltipWithoutVariables() {
+    ParameterizedString p = new ParameterizedString(
+            "Submit patch set 40 into master");
+    Map<String, String> params = ImmutableMap.of(
+        "patchSet", "42",
+        "branch", "foo");
+    assertEquals(0, p.bind(params).length);
+    assertEquals("Submit patch set 40 into master", p.replace(params));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/change/Actions.java b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/change/Actions.java
index 92444d0..906efca 100644
--- a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/change/Actions.java
+++ b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/change/Actions.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Button;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Composite;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.FlowPanel;
+import com.google.gwtexpui.safehtml.client.SafeHtmlBuilder;
 
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 
@@ -113,7 +114,12 @@
     if (hasUser) {
       canSubmit = actions.containsKey("submit");
       if (canSubmit) {
-        submit.setTitle(actions.get("submit").title());
+        ActionInfo action = actions.get("submit");
+        submit.setTitle(action.title());
+        submit.setHTML(new SafeHtmlBuilder()
+            .openDiv()
+            .append(action.label())
+            .closeDiv());
       }
       a2b(actions, "/", deleteRevision);
       a2b(actions, "cherrypick", cherrypick);
diff --git a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/change/Actions.ui.xml b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/change/Actions.ui.xml
index 72e6a61..cb2b37f 100644
--- a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/change/Actions.ui.xml
+++ b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/change/Actions.ui.xml
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@
       <div><ui:msg>Restore</ui:msg></div>
     </g:Button>
 
-    <g:Button ui:field='submit' styleName='{style.submit}' visible='false'>
-      <div><ui:msg>Submit</ui:msg></div>
-    </g:Button>
+    <g:Button ui:field='submit' styleName='{style.submit}' visible='false'/>
   </g:FlowPanel>
 </ui:UiBinder>
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/Submit.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/Submit.java
index 8ed242c..be2788a 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/Submit.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/Submit.java
@@ -16,15 +16,18 @@
 
 import static com.google.gerrit.common.data.SubmitRecord.Status.OK;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Objects;
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import com.google.common.collect.HashBasedTable;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.google.common.collect.Table;
+import com.google.gerrit.common.data.ParameterizedString;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.data.SubmitRecord;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.api.changes.SubmitInput;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.AuthException;
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.PatchSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.PatchSetApproval;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.PatchSetApproval.LabelId;
+import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.RevId;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.server.ReviewDb;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.ApprovalsUtil;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.ChangeUtil;
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.server.ProjectUtil;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.account.AccountsCollection;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.change.ChangeJson.ChangeInfo;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.config.GerritServerConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.GitRepositoryManager;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.LabelNormalizer;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.MergeQueue;
@@ -62,6 +67,8 @@
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.RepositoryNotFoundException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.CommitBuilder;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.PersonIdent;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -73,6 +80,9 @@
 @Singleton
 public class Submit implements RestModifyView<RevisionResource, SubmitInput>,
     UiAction<RevisionResource> {
+  private static final String DEFAULT_TOOLTIP =
+      "Submit patch set ${patchSet} into ${branch}";
+
   public enum Status {
     SUBMITTED, MERGED
   }
@@ -98,6 +108,8 @@
   private final LabelNormalizer labelNormalizer;
   private final AccountsCollection accounts;
   private final ChangesCollection changes;
+  private final String label;
+  private final ParameterizedString titlePattern;
 
   @Inject
   Submit(@GerritPersonIdent PersonIdent serverIdent,
@@ -110,7 +122,8 @@
       AccountsCollection accounts,
       ChangesCollection changes,
       ChangeIndexer indexer,
-      LabelNormalizer labelNormalizer) {
+      LabelNormalizer labelNormalizer,
+      @GerritServerConfig Config cfg) {
     this.serverIdent = serverIdent;
     this.dbProvider = dbProvider;
     this.repoManager = repoManager;
@@ -122,6 +135,12 @@
     this.changes = changes;
     this.indexer = indexer;
     this.labelNormalizer = labelNormalizer;
+    this.label = Objects.firstNonNull(
+        Strings.emptyToNull(cfg.getString("change", null, "submitLabel")),
+        "Submit");
+    this.titlePattern = new ParameterizedString(Objects.firstNonNull(
+        cfg.getString("change", null, "submitTooltip"),
+        DEFAULT_TOOLTIP));
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -185,11 +204,15 @@
   @Override
   public UiAction.Description getDescription(RevisionResource resource) {
     PatchSet.Id current = resource.getChange().currentPatchSetId();
+    RevId revId = resource.getPatchSet().getRevision();
+    Map<String, String> params = ImmutableMap.of(
+        "patchSet", String.valueOf(resource.getPatchSet().getPatchSetId()),
+        "branch", resource.getChange().getDest().getShortName(),
+        "commit", ObjectId.fromString(revId.get()).abbreviate(7).name());
+
     return new UiAction.Description()
-      .setTitle(String.format(
-          "Submit patch set %d into %s",
-          resource.getPatchSet().getPatchSetId(),
-          resource.getChange().getDest().getShortName()))
+      .setLabel(label)
+      .setTitle(Strings.emptyToNull(titlePattern.replace(params)))
       .setVisible(!resource.getPatchSet().isDraft()
           && resource.getChange().getStatus().isOpen()
           && resource.getPatchSet().getId().equals(current)