diff --git a/src/frontend/gui/overlay/launcher.rs b/src/frontend/gui/overlay/launcher.rs
index f239c8880..410a8169f 100644
--- a/src/frontend/gui/overlay/launcher.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/gui/overlay/launcher.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ pub fn launcher(
     for (domain_id, domain_state, domain_name) in &domains {
         let entry = if *domain_state == DomainState::Attached {
             Entry::Spawn {
-                label: format!("New Tab (domain `{}`)", domain_name),
+                label: format!("New Tab ({})", domain_name),
                 command: SpawnCommand {
                     domain: SpawnTabDomain::Domain(*domain_id),
                     ..SpawnCommand::default()
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pub fn launcher(
             }
         } else {
             Entry::Attach {
-                label: format!("Attach domain `{}`", domain_name),
+                label: format!("Attach {}", domain_name),
                 domain: *domain_id,
             }
         };
diff --git a/src/frontend/gui/termwindow.rs b/src/frontend/gui/termwindow.rs
index f90c737a2..99c370a76 100644
--- a/src/frontend/gui/termwindow.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/gui/termwindow.rs
@@ -1080,7 +1080,16 @@ impl TermWindow {
         domains.retain(|dom| dom.spawnable());
         let domains: Vec<(DomainId, DomainState, String)> = domains
             .iter()
-            .map(|dom| (dom.domain_id(), dom.state(), dom.domain_name().to_owned()))
+            .map(|dom| {
+                let name = dom.domain_name();
+                let label = dom.domain_label();
+                let label = if name == label || label == "" {
+                    format!("domain `{}`", name)
+                } else {
+                    format!("domain `{}` - {}", name, label)
+                };
+                (dom.domain_id(), dom.state(), label)
+            })
             .collect();
 
         let domain_id_of_current_tab = tab.domain_id();
diff --git a/src/mux/domain.rs b/src/mux/domain.rs
index b93cb1ba0..59119e98c 100644
--- a/src/mux/domain.rs
+++ b/src/mux/domain.rs
@@ -53,9 +53,15 @@ pub trait Domain: Downcast {
     /// a handle on the domain later.
     fn domain_id(&self) -> DomainId;
 
-    /// Returns the name of the domain
+    /// Returns the name of the domain.
+    /// Should be a short identifier.
     fn domain_name(&self) -> &str;
 
+    /// Returns a label describing the domain.
+    fn domain_label(&self) -> &str {
+        self.domain_name()
+    }
+
     /// Re-attach to any tabs that might be pre-existing in this domain
     async fn attach(&self) -> anyhow::Result<()>;
 
diff --git a/src/server/domain.rs b/src/server/domain.rs
index 8d88fe09b..5ecdb67da 100644
--- a/src/server/domain.rs
+++ b/src/server/domain.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,16 @@ impl ClientDomainConfig {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn label(&self) -> String {
+        match self {
+            ClientDomainConfig::Unix(unix) => format!("unix mux {}", unix.socket_path().display()),
+            ClientDomainConfig::Tls(tls) => format!("TLS mux {}", tls.remote_address),
+            ClientDomainConfig::Ssh(ssh) => {
+                format!("SSH mux {}@{}", ssh.username, ssh.remote_address)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn connect_automatically(&self) -> bool {
         match self {
             ClientDomainConfig::Unix(unix) => unix.connect_automatically,
@@ -127,6 +137,7 @@ impl ClientInner {
 
 pub struct ClientDomain {
     config: ClientDomainConfig,
+    label: String,
     inner: RefCell<Option<Arc<ClientInner>>>,
     local_domain_id: DomainId,
 }
@@ -134,8 +145,10 @@ pub struct ClientDomain {
 impl ClientDomain {
     pub fn new(config: ClientDomainConfig) -> Self {
         let local_domain_id = alloc_domain_id();
+        let label = config.label();
         Self {
             config,
+            label,
             inner: RefCell::new(None),
             local_domain_id,
         }
@@ -283,6 +296,10 @@ impl Domain for ClientDomain {
         self.config.name()
     }
 
+    fn domain_label(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.label
+    }
+
     async fn spawn(
         &self,
         size: PtySize,
diff --git a/src/ssh.rs b/src/ssh.rs
index 29c55bcfb..d347fd890 100644
--- a/src/ssh.rs
+++ b/src/ssh.rs
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ impl RemoteSshDomain {
         Self {
             pty_system,
             id,
-            name: name.to_string(),
+            name: format!("SSH to {}", name),
         }
     }
 }