diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 18e91008a..a4f73db8c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ danbarry
 - bug #1910621 [display] part 2: do not display a BINARY content as text
 - patch #1957998 [display] No tilde for InnoDB row counter when we know
   it for sure, thanks to Vladyslav Bakayev - dandy76
+- bug #1955572 [display] alt text causes duplicated strings
 
 2.11.6.0 (2008-04-29)
 - bug #1903724 [interface] Displaying of very large queries in error message
diff --git a/libraries/common.lib.php b/libraries/common.lib.php
index 2081d3497..7cf93d60f 100644
--- a/libraries/common.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/common.lib.php
@@ -1543,8 +1543,11 @@ function PMA_getTab($tab)
     // display icon, even if iconic is disabled but the link-text is missing
     if (($GLOBALS['cfg']['MainPageIconic'] || empty($tab['text']))
         && isset($tab['icon'])) {
+        // avoid generating an alt tag, because it only illustrates
+        // the text that follows and if browser does not display
+        // images, the text is duplicated
         $image = '<img class="icon" src="' . htmlentities($GLOBALS['pmaThemeImage'])
-            .'%1$s" width="16" height="16" alt="%2$s" />%2$s';
+            .'%1$s" width="16" height="16" />%2$s';
         $tab['text'] = sprintf($image, htmlentities($tab['icon']), $tab['text']);
     }
     // check to not display an empty link-text