diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0d88d5eb37..ee58277787 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - bug #3423717 [core] Improved detection of SSL connection
 + FULLTEXT support for InnoDB, starting with MySQL 5.6.4
 - bug #3497151 [interface] Duplicate inline query edit box
+- bug #3504567 [mime] Description of the transformation missing in the tooltip 
 
 3.4.11.0 (not yet released)
 - bug #3486970 [import] Exception on XML import
diff --git a/libraries/tbl_properties.inc.php b/libraries/tbl_properties.inc.php
index fb31287906..3fc404240d 100644
--- a/libraries/tbl_properties.inc.php
+++ b/libraries/tbl_properties.inc.php
@@ -531,8 +531,7 @@ for ($i = 0; $i < $num_fields; $i++) {
         if (is_array($available_mime['transformation'])) {
             foreach ($available_mime['transformation'] AS $mimekey => $transform) {
                 $checked = (isset($row['Field']) && isset($mime_map[$row['Field']]['transformation']) && (preg_match('@' . preg_quote($available_mime['transformation_file'][$mimekey]) . '3?@i', $mime_map[$row['Field']]['transformation'])) ? 'selected ' : '');
-                $tooltip = 'strTransformation_' . strtolower(str_replace('.inc.php', '', $available_mime['transformation_file'][$mimekey]));
-                $tooltip = isset($$tooltip) ? $$tooltip : sprintf(str_replace('<br />', ' ', __('No description is available for this transformation.<br />Please ask the author what %s does.')), 'PMA_transformation_' . $tooltip . '()');
+                $tooltip = PMA_getTransformationDescription($available_mime['transformation_file'][$mimekey], false);
                 $content_cells[$i][$ci] .= '<option value="' . $available_mime['transformation_file'][$mimekey] . '" ' . $checked . ' title="' . htmlspecialchars($tooltip) . '">' . htmlspecialchars($transform) . '</option>';
             }
         }
diff --git a/libraries/transformations.lib.php b/libraries/transformations.lib.php
index 7d16020e2c..726904db96 100644
--- a/libraries/transformations.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/transformations.lib.php
@@ -117,6 +117,35 @@ function PMA_getAvailableMIMEtypes()
     return $stack;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the description of the transformation
+ *
+ * @param string $file           transformation file
+ * @param string $html_formatted whether the description should be formatted as HTML
+ *
+ * @return the description of the transformation
+ */
+function PMA_getTransformationDescription($file, $html_formatted = true)
+{
+    include_once './libraries/transformations/' . $file;
+    $func = strtolower(str_replace('.inc.php', '', $file));
+    $funcname = 'PMA_transformation_' . $func . '_info';
+
+    $desc = sprintf(__('No description is available for this transformation.<br />Please ask the author what %s does.'), 'PMA_transformation_' . $func . '()');
+    if ($html_formatted) {
+        $desc = '<i>' . $desc . '</i>';
+    } else {
+        $desc = str_replace('<br />', ' ', $desc);
+    }
+    if (function_exists($funcname)) {
+        $desc_arr = $funcname();
+        if (isset($desc_arr['info'])) {
+            $desc = $desc_arr['info'];
+        }
+    }
+    return $desc;
+}
+
 /**
  * Gets the mimetypes for all columns of a table
  *
diff --git a/transformation_overview.php b/transformation_overview.php
index 7e99163ba8..12db462345 100644
--- a/transformation_overview.php
+++ b/transformation_overview.php
@@ -51,16 +51,7 @@ foreach ($types['mimetype'] as $key => $mimetype) {
 <?php
 $odd_row = true;
 foreach ($types['transformation'] as $key => $transform) {
-    $func = strtolower(str_ireplace('.inc.php', '', $types['transformation_file'][$key]));
-    include './libraries/transformations/' . $types['transformation_file'][$key];
-    $funcname = 'PMA_transformation_' . $func . '_info';
-    $desc = '<i>' . sprintf(__('No description is available for this transformation.<br />Please ask the author what %s does.'), 'PMA_transformation_' . $func . '()') . '</i>';
-    if (function_exists($funcname)) {
-        $desc_arr = $funcname();
-        if (isset($desc_arr['info'])) {
-            $desc = $desc_arr['info'];
-        }
-    }
+    $desc = PMA_getTransformationDescription($types['transformation_file'][$key]);
     ?>
     <tr class="<?php echo $odd_row ? 'odd' : 'even'; ?>">
         <td><?php echo $transform; ?></td>