diff --git a/src/core/proj/qgscoordinatereferencesystemutils.cpp b/src/core/proj/qgscoordinatereferencesystemutils.cpp
index b323b4c56e72..a1c85bd76daa 100644
--- a/src/core/proj/qgscoordinatereferencesystemutils.cpp
+++ b/src/core/proj/qgscoordinatereferencesystemutils.cpp
@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ QString QgsCoordinateReferenceSystemUtils::translateProjection( const QString &p
   if ( projection == QLatin1String( "lask" ) )
     return QObject::tr( "Laskowski" );
   if ( projection == QLatin1String( "longlat" ) )
-    return QObject::tr( "Long/lat(Geodetic alias)" );
+    return QObject::tr( "Long/lat (Geodetic Alias)" );
   if ( projection == QLatin1String( "latlong" ) )
-    return QObject::tr( "Lat/long (Geodetic alias)" );
+    return QObject::tr( "Lat/long (Geodetic Alias)" );
   if ( projection == QLatin1String( "lcc" ) )
     return QObject::tr( "Lambert Conformal Conic" );
   if ( projection == QLatin1String( "lcca" ) )
diff --git a/src/gui/qgsprojectionselectiontreewidget.cpp b/src/gui/qgsprojectionselectiontreewidget.cpp
index fb0ba0b4a533..66de655d43ea 100644
--- a/src/gui/qgsprojectionselectiontreewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/qgsprojectionselectiontreewidget.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "qgsprojoperation.h"
 #include "qgsstringutils.h"
 #include "qgsunittypes.h"
+#include "qgscoordinatereferencesystemutils.h"
 
 //qt includes
 #include <QAction>
@@ -622,7 +623,7 @@ void QgsProjectionSelectionTreeWidget::loadCrsList( QSet<QString> *crsFilter )
   // Set up the query to retrieve the projection information needed to populate the list
   //note I am giving the full field names for clarity here and in case someone
   //changes the underlying view TS
-  QString sql = QStringLiteral( "select description, srs_id, upper(auth_name||':'||auth_id), is_geo, name, parameters, deprecated from vw_srs where %1 order by name,description" )
+  QString sql = QStringLiteral( "select description, srs_id, upper(auth_name||':'||auth_id), is_geo, projection_acronym, deprecated from tbl_srs where %1 order by projection_acronym,description" )
                 .arg( sqlFilter );
 
   rc = sqlite3_prepare( database, sql.toUtf8(), sql.toUtf8().length(), &stmt, &tail );
@@ -655,25 +656,28 @@ void QgsProjectionSelectionTreeWidget::loadCrsList( QSet<QString> *crsFilter )
       {
         // This is a projected srs
         QTreeWidgetItem *node = nullptr;
-        QString srsType = QString::fromUtf8( ( char * )sqlite3_column_text( stmt, 4 ) );
-        if ( srsType.isEmpty() )
-          srsType = tr( "Other" );
+        const QString projectionAcronym = QString::fromUtf8( ( char * )sqlite3_column_text( stmt, 4 ) );
+        QString projectionName;
+        if ( projectionAcronym.isEmpty() )
+          projectionName = tr( "Other" );
+        else
+          projectionName = QgsCoordinateReferenceSystemUtils::translateProjection( projectionAcronym );
 
         // Find the node for this type and add the projection to it
         // If the node doesn't exist, create it
-        if ( srsType == previousSrsType )
+        if ( projectionName == previousSrsType )
         {
           node = previousSrsTypeNode;
         }
         else
         {
           // Different from last one, need to search
-          QList<QTreeWidgetItem *> nodes = lstCoordinateSystems->findItems( srsType, Qt::MatchExactly | Qt::MatchRecursive, NameColumn );
+          QList<QTreeWidgetItem *> nodes = lstCoordinateSystems->findItems( projectionName, Qt::MatchExactly | Qt::MatchRecursive, NameColumn );
           if ( nodes.isEmpty() )
           {
             // the node doesn't exist -- create it
             // Make in an italic font to distinguish them from real projections
-            node = new QTreeWidgetItem( mProjList, QStringList( srsType ) );
+            node = new QTreeWidgetItem( mProjList, QStringList( projectionName ) );
             node->setFlags( node->flags() & ~Qt::ItemIsSelectable );
 
             QFont fontTemp = node->font( 0 );
@@ -685,7 +689,7 @@ void QgsProjectionSelectionTreeWidget::loadCrsList( QSet<QString> *crsFilter )
             node = nodes.first();
           }
           // Update the cache.
-          previousSrsType = srsType;
+          previousSrsType = projectionName;
           previousSrsTypeNode = node;
         }
         // add the item, setting the projection name in the first column of the list view