diff --git a/src/gui/qgscoordinatereferencesystemmodel.cpp b/src/gui/qgscoordinatereferencesystemmodel.cpp
index 2834817c319b..06fdc39e6a8a 100644
--- a/src/gui/qgscoordinatereferencesystemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/qgscoordinatereferencesystemmodel.cpp
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ void QgsCoordinateReferenceSystemModel::userCrsAdded( const QString &id )
       if ( !group )
       {
         std::unique_ptr< QgsCoordinateReferenceSystemModelGroupNode > newGroup = std::make_unique< QgsCoordinateReferenceSystemModelGroupNode >(
-              tr( "User Defined Coordinate Systems" ),
+              tr( "User-defined" ),
               QgsApplication::getThemeIcon( QStringLiteral( "/user.svg" ) ),  QStringLiteral( "USER" ) );
         beginInsertRows( QModelIndex(), mRootNode->children().length(), mRootNode->children().length() );
         mRootNode->addChildNode( newGroup.get() );
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ QgsCoordinateReferenceSystemModelCrsNode *QgsCoordinateReferenceSystemModel::add
   QIcon groupIcon;
   if ( record.authName == QLatin1String( "USER" ) )
   {
-    groupName = tr( "User Defined Coordinate Systems" );
+    groupName = tr( "User-defined" );
     groupId = QStringLiteral( "USER" );
     groupIcon = QgsApplication::getThemeIcon( QStringLiteral( "/user.svg" ) );
   }
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ QModelIndex QgsCoordinateReferenceSystemModel::addCustomCrs( const QgsCoordinate
   if ( !group )
   {
     std::unique_ptr< QgsCoordinateReferenceSystemModelGroupNode > newGroup = std::make_unique< QgsCoordinateReferenceSystemModelGroupNode >(
-          tr( "Custom Coordinate Systems" ),
+          tr( "Custom" ),
           QgsApplication::getThemeIcon( QStringLiteral( "/user.svg" ) ),  QStringLiteral( "CUSTOM" ) );
     beginInsertRows( QModelIndex(), mRootNode->children().length(), mRootNode->children().length() );
     mRootNode->addChildNode( newGroup.get() );
diff --git a/tests/src/python/test_qgscoordinatereferencesystemmodel.py b/tests/src/python/test_qgscoordinatereferencesystemmodel.py
index b2781a6bba96..cca3ea70d0c4 100644
--- a/tests/src/python/test_qgscoordinatereferencesystemmodel.py
+++ b/tests/src/python/test_qgscoordinatereferencesystemmodel.py
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ def test_model(self):
         self.assertNotIn('Cassini', top_level_items)
 
         # user and custom groups should not be created until required
-        self.assertNotIn("User Defined Coordinate Systems", top_level_items)
-        self.assertNotIn("Custom Coordinate Systems", top_level_items)
+        self.assertNotIn("User-defined", top_level_items)
+        self.assertNotIn("Custom", top_level_items)
 
         # check group ids
         top_level_item_group_ids = [
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ def test_model(self):
         top_level_items = [
             model.data(model.index(row, 0, QModelIndex()), Qt.DisplayRole) for row in range(model.rowCount(QModelIndex()))
         ]
-        self.assertIn('User Defined Coordinate Systems', top_level_items)
-        self.assertNotIn("Custom Coordinate Systems", top_level_items)
+        self.assertIn('User-defined', top_level_items)
+        self.assertNotIn("Custom", top_level_items)
 
         # check group ids
         top_level_item_group_ids = [
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ def test_model(self):
         top_level_items = [
             model.data(model.index(row, 0, QModelIndex()), Qt.DisplayRole) for row in range(model.rowCount(QModelIndex()))
         ]
-        self.assertIn("Custom Coordinate Systems", top_level_items)
+        self.assertIn("Custom", top_level_items)
 
         # check group ids
         top_level_item_group_ids = [