diff --git a/aleksis/core/mixins.py b/aleksis/core/mixins.py
index 60329f64cc2916aae9b98b227bee2e9af65d7983..a6d11cd0aa1b04af0afedcba2ade36080c85ee04 100644
--- a/aleksis/core/mixins.py
+++ b/aleksis/core/mixins.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class ExtensibleModel(models.Model, metaclass=_ExtensibleModelBase):
                 ):
                     # generate virtual field names for proxy access
                     name = f"_{field.name}__{subfield.name}"
-                    verbose_name = f"{field.verbose_name} -> {subfield.verbose_name}"
+                    verbose_name = f"{field.name} ({field.related_model._meta.verbose_name) -> {subfield.verbose_name}"
 
                     if not hasattr(cls, name):
                         # Add proxy properties to handle access to related model