diff --git a/src/fenigma/grid_widget.py b/src/fenigma/grid_widget.py
index 8e56187..d270903 100644
--- a/src/fenigma/grid_widget.py
+++ b/src/fenigma/grid_widget.py
@@ -638,14 +638,24 @@ class GridCanvas(Gtk.DrawingArea):
         what a proposal is until the user accepts it."""
         for p, coord in self._pending_proposals():
             color = CATEGORY_COLOR["ally" if p.side == "friendly" else "target"]
-            # detected_id (map_vision.read_marker_id's best-effort read of
-            # the marker's own "#<N>" label) shown right on the map while
-            # the screenshot backing it is still up, so it's checkable
-            # against the actual pixels -- same id _accept_proposal will
-            # use for the entity if this gets accepted, see its own comment.
-            id_part = f" #{p.detected_id}" if p.detected_id else ""
+            # No coord here: _draw_marker already shows one right below
+            # this label (`coord=coord` below), repeating it in the main
+            # label too was pure noise. detected_type/detected_id
+            # (map_vision.classify_marker/read_marker_id's best-effort
+            # reads) shown instead when known -- same "? Mechanized#3"
+            # shape an accepted entity's own name takes (Target.name),
+            # checkable against the actual screenshot pixels while it's
+            # still up, and detected_id is the same id _accept_proposal
+            # will use for the entity if this gets accepted.
+            detected_type = icons.target_type_from_icon(p.unit)
+            # .short, not target_type_label(): matches Target.name/Ally.name's
+            # own naming exactly ("SupplyCache" not "Supply Cache"), so this
+            # preview label reads the same as what accepting it produces.
+            type_part = detected_type.short if detected_type else ""
+            id_part = f"#{p.detected_id}" if p.detected_id else ""
+            label = f"? {type_part}{id_part}" if (type_part or id_part) else "?"
             self._draw_marker(cr, view, coord.as_fraction(), color,
-                              f"?{id_part} {coord.label()}", width, height,
+                              label, width, height,
                               hollow=True, coord=coord)
 
     def _hit_test(self, view: _View, x: float, y: float):