diff --git a/runtime/doc/gui_mac.txt b/runtime/doc/gui_mac.txt
index 89f16785ea..4e2b527156 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/gui_mac.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/gui_mac.txt
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ strings like "((3) of 2)" to appear in the window title.
 							*macvim-tablabel*
 Tab labels only show the tail of the file name to make the tabs more readable
 when editing files in deeply nested folders.  Add the line "set guitablabel="
-to your .gvimrc file to revert back to the default Vim tab label.
+to your vimrc file to revert back to the default Vim tab label.
 
 							*macvim-options*
 These are the non-standard options that MacVim supports:
diff --git a/src/MacVim/gvimrc b/src/MacVim/gvimrc
index d016d528f1..c878de0bbe 100644
--- a/src/MacVim/gvimrc
+++ b/src/MacVim/gvimrc
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ endif
 
 " To make tabs more readable, the label only contains the tail of the file
 " name and the buffer modified flag.
-set guitablabel=%M%t
+if empty(&guitablabel)
+    set guitablabel=%M%t
+endif
 
 " Send print jobs to Preview.app.  This does not delete the temporary ps file
 " that is generated by :hardcopy.