diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/project.html b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/project.html
index 039601f476..06fc6a5b62 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/project.html
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/project.html
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ vim: expandtab tabstop=2
     <div id="layer-container" class="well well-transparent span4">
       <h3>
         Layers <span class="muted counter">({[layers.length]})</span>
-        <i class="icon-question-sign get-help heading-help" title="OpenEmbedded organises metadata into modules called 'layers'. Layers allow you to isolate different types of customizations from each other. <a href='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/current/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#understanding-and-creating-layers' target='_blank'>More on layers</a>"></i>
+        <i class="icon-question-sign get-help heading-help" title="Bitbake reads metadata files from modules called 'layers'. Layers allow you to isolate different types of customizations from each other. <a href='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/current/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#understanding-and-creating-layers' target='_blank'>More on layers</a>"></i>
       </h3>
       <div class="alert" ng-if="!layers.length">
         <b>You need to add some layers </b>
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py
index a07f720543..9f0bb993e6 100755
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py
@@ -2135,7 +2135,7 @@ if toastermain.settings.MANAGED:
                         "url": x.layercommit.layer.layer_index_url,
                         "layerdetailurl": reverse("layerdetails", args=(x.layercommit.pk,)),
                 # This branch name is actually the release
-                        "branch" : { "name" : x.layercommit.commit, "layersource" : x.layercommit.up_branch.layer_source.name if x.layercommit.up_branch != None else None}},
+                        "branch" : { "name" : x.layercommit.get_vcs_reference(), "layersource" : x.layercommit.up_branch.layer_source.name if x.layercommit.up_branch != None else None}},
                     prj.projectlayer_set.all().order_by("id")),
             "targets" : map(lambda x: {"target" : x.target, "task" : x.task, "pk": x.pk}, prj.projecttarget_set.all()),
             "freqtargets": freqtargets,
@@ -2257,7 +2257,7 @@ if toastermain.settings.MANAGED:
             # return all project settings
             return HttpResponse(jsonfilter( {
                 "error": "ok",
-                "layers" :  map(lambda x: {"id": x.layercommit.pk, "orderid" : x.pk, "name" : x.layercommit.layer.name, "giturl" : x.layercommit.layer.vcs_url, "url": x.layercommit.layer.layer_index_url, "layerdetailurl": reverse("layerdetails", args=(x.layercommit.layer.pk,)), "branch" : { "name" : x.layercommit.up_branch.name, "layersource" : x.layercommit.up_branch.layer_source.name}}, prj.projectlayer_set.all().select_related("layer").order_by("id")),
+                "layers" :  map(lambda x: {"id": x.layercommit.pk, "orderid" : x.pk, "name" : x.layercommit.layer.name, "giturl" : x.layercommit.layer.vcs_url, "url": x.layercommit.layer.layer_index_url, "layerdetailurl": reverse("layerdetails", args=(x.layercommit.layer.pk,)), "branch" : { "name" : x.layercommit.get_vcs_reference(), "layersource" : x.layercommit.up_branch.layer_source.name}}, prj.projectlayer_set.all().select_related("layer").order_by("id")),
                 "builds" : _project_recent_build_list(prj),
                 "variables": map(lambda x: (x.name, x.value), prj.projectvariable_set.all()),
                 "machine": {"name": prj.projectvariable_set.get(name="MACHINE").value},