diff --git a/code/LeftAndMain.php b/code/LeftAndMain.php
index 447dfe15..cc71032e 100644
--- a/code/LeftAndMain.php
+++ b/code/LeftAndMain.php
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ abstract class LeftAndMain extends Controller {
 		// getChildrenAsUL is a flexible and complex way of traversing the tree
 		$siteTree = $obj->getChildrenAsUL("", '
 					"<li id=\"record-$child->ID\" class=\"" . $child->CMSTreeClasses($extraArg) . "\">" .
-					"<a href=\"" . Director::link(substr($extraArg->Link(),0,-1), "show", $child->ID) . "\" " . (($child->canEdit() || $child->canAddChildren()) ? "" : "class=\"disabled\"") . ">" .
+					"<a href=\"" . Director::link(substr($extraArg->Link(),0,-1), "show", $child->ID) . "\" " . (($child->canEdit() || $child->canAddChildren()) ? "" : "class=\"disabled\"") . " title=\"Page type: ".$child->class."\" >" .
 					($child->TreeTitle()) .
 					"</a>"
 '
diff --git a/javascript/LeftAndMain_left.js b/javascript/LeftAndMain_left.js
index 9e191031..cc8de246 100755
--- a/javascript/LeftAndMain_left.js
+++ b/javascript/LeftAndMain_left.js
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ TreeAPI.prototype = {
 
 		var aTag = document.createElement('a');
 		aTag.href = SiteTreeHandlers.showRecord_url + idx;
+		aTag.title = 'Page type: ' + pageType;
 		aTag.innerHTML = title;
 		node.appendChild(aTag);
 
@@ -95,6 +96,8 @@ TreeAPI.prototype = {
 		this.performOnTreeNode(idx, function(treeNode) {
 			treeNode.className = treeNode.className.replace(oldClassName,newClassName);
 			treeNode.aSpan.className = 'a ' + treeNode.className.replace('closed','spanClosed');
+			var aTag = treeNode.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
+			aTag.title = 'Page type: ' + newClassName;
 			treeNode.setIconByClass();
 		});
 	},