diff --git a/src/view/openpgpkeycardwidget.cpp b/src/view/openpgpkeycardwidget.cpp
index c3b2b9395..bf5bdc842 100644
--- a/src/view/openpgpkeycardwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/view/openpgpkeycardwidget.cpp
@@ -1,174 +1,182 @@
 /*  view/openpgpkeycardwidget.cpp
 
     This file is part of Kleopatra, the KDE keymanager
     SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 g10 Code GmbH
     SPDX-FileContributor: Ingo Klöcker <dev@ingo-kloecker.de>
 
     SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 */
 
 #include "openpgpkeycardwidget.h"
 
 #include "smartcard/card.h"
 #include "smartcard/keypairinfo.h"
 #include "smartcard/openpgpcard.h"
 
 #include <Libkleo/Formatting>
 #include <Libkleo/KeyCache>
 
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 
 #include <QGridLayout>
 #include <QLabel>
 #include <QPushButton>
 
 #include <gpgme++/key.h>
 
 using namespace Kleo;
 using namespace SmartCard;
 
 namespace
 {
 struct KeyWidgets {
     std::string keyGrip;
     std::string keyFingerprint;
     QLabel *keyTitleLabel = nullptr;
     QLabel *keyInfoLabel = nullptr;
     QPushButton *createCSRButton = nullptr;
 };
 
 KeyWidgets createKeyWidgets(const KeyPairInfo &keyInfo, QWidget *parent)
 {
     KeyWidgets keyWidgets;
     keyWidgets.keyTitleLabel = new QLabel{OpenPGPCard::keyDisplayName(keyInfo.keyRef), parent};
     keyWidgets.keyInfoLabel = new QLabel{parent};
     keyWidgets.keyInfoLabel->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
     if (keyInfo.canCertify() || keyInfo.canSign() || keyInfo.canAuthenticate())
     {
         keyWidgets.createCSRButton = new QPushButton{i18nc("@action:button", "Create CSR"), parent};
         keyWidgets.createCSRButton->setToolTip(i18nc("@info:tooltip", "Create a certificate signing request for this key"));
         keyWidgets.createCSRButton->setEnabled(false);
     }
 
     return keyWidgets;
 }
 }
 
 class OpenPGPKeyCardWidget::Private
 {
 public:
     explicit Private(OpenPGPKeyCardWidget *q);
     ~Private() = default;
 
     void update(const Card *card);
 
 private:
     void updateCachedValues(const std::string &keyRef, const Card *card);
     void updateKeyWidgets(const std::string &keyRef);
 
 private:
     OpenPGPKeyCardWidget *const q;
     std::map<std::string, KeyWidgets> mKeyWidgets;
 };
 
 OpenPGPKeyCardWidget::Private::Private(OpenPGPKeyCardWidget *q)
     : q{q}
 {
     auto grid = new QGridLayout{q};
     grid->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
     for (const auto &keyInfo : OpenPGPCard::supportedKeys()) {
         const KeyWidgets keyWidgets = createKeyWidgets(keyInfo, q);
         if (keyWidgets.createCSRButton) {
             const std::string keyRef = keyInfo.keyRef;
             connect(keyWidgets.createCSRButton, &QPushButton::clicked,
                     q, [q, keyRef] () { Q_EMIT q->createCSRRequested(keyRef); });
         }
 
         const int row = grid->rowCount();
         grid->addWidget(keyWidgets.keyTitleLabel, row, 0, Qt::AlignTop);
-        grid->addWidget(keyWidgets.keyInfoLabel, row, 1);
+        grid->addWidget(keyWidgets.keyInfoLabel, row, 1, Qt::AlignTop);
         if (keyWidgets.createCSRButton) {
             grid->addWidget(keyWidgets.createCSRButton, row, 2, Qt::AlignTop);
         }
 
         mKeyWidgets.insert({keyInfo.keyRef, keyWidgets});
     }
     grid->setColumnStretch(grid->columnCount(), 1);
 }
 
 void OpenPGPKeyCardWidget::Private::update(const Card *card)
 {
     if (card) {
         updateCachedValues(OpenPGPCard::pgpSigKeyRef(), card);
         updateCachedValues(OpenPGPCard::pgpEncKeyRef(), card);
         updateCachedValues(OpenPGPCard::pgpAuthKeyRef(), card);
     }
     updateKeyWidgets(OpenPGPCard::pgpSigKeyRef());
     updateKeyWidgets(OpenPGPCard::pgpEncKeyRef());
     updateKeyWidgets(OpenPGPCard::pgpAuthKeyRef());
 }
 
 void OpenPGPKeyCardWidget::Private::updateCachedValues(const std::string &keyRef, const Card *card)
 {
     KeyWidgets &widgets = mKeyWidgets.at(keyRef);
     widgets.keyGrip = card->keyInfo(keyRef).grip;
     widgets.keyFingerprint = card->keyFingerprint(keyRef);
 }
 
 void OpenPGPKeyCardWidget::Private::updateKeyWidgets(const std::string &keyRef)
 {
     const KeyWidgets &widgets = mKeyWidgets.at(keyRef);
 
-    if (widgets.keyGrip.empty()) {
-        widgets.keyInfoLabel->setText(i18n("Slot empty"));
+    if (widgets.keyFingerprint.empty()) {
+        widgets.keyInfoLabel->setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
+        widgets.keyInfoLabel->setText(i18nc("@info", "<em>No key</em>"));
         if (widgets.createCSRButton) {
             widgets.createCSRButton->setEnabled(false);
         }
     } else {
         QStringList lines = {Formatting::prettyID(widgets.keyFingerprint.c_str())};
         if (widgets.keyFingerprint.size() >= 16) {
             const std::string keyid = widgets.keyFingerprint.substr(widgets.keyFingerprint.size() - 16);
             const auto subkeys = KeyCache::instance()->findSubkeysByKeyID({keyid});
             if (subkeys.empty() || subkeys[0].isNull()) {
-                lines.push_back(i18n("Public key not found locally"));
+                widgets.keyInfoLabel->setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
+                lines.push_back(i18nc("@info", "<em>Public key not found locally</em>"));
                 widgets.keyInfoLabel->setToolTip({});
             } else {
+                // force interpretation of text as plain text to avoid problems with HTML in user IDs
+                widgets.keyInfoLabel->setTextFormat(Qt::PlainText);
                 QStringList toolTips;
                 toolTips.reserve(subkeys.size());
                 for (const auto &sub: subkeys) {
                     // Yep you can have one subkey associated with multiple primary keys.
                     const GpgME::Key key = sub.parent();
                     toolTips << Formatting::toolTip(key,
                                                     Formatting::Validity |
                                                     Formatting::ExpiryDates |
                                                     Formatting::UserIDs |
                                                     Formatting::Fingerprint);
                     const auto uids = key.userIDs();
                     for (const auto &uid: uids) {
                         lines.push_back(Formatting::prettyUserID(uid));
                     }
                 }
                 widgets.keyInfoLabel->setToolTip(toolTips.join(QLatin1String("<br/>")));
             }
+        } else {
+            widgets.keyInfoLabel->setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
+            lines.push_back(i18nc("@info", "<em>Invalid fingerprint</em>"));
         }
 
-        widgets.keyInfoLabel->setText(lines.join(QLatin1Char('\n')));
+        const auto lineSeparator = widgets.keyInfoLabel->textFormat() == Qt::PlainText ? QLatin1String("\n") : QLatin1String("<br>");
+        widgets.keyInfoLabel->setText(lines.join(lineSeparator));
 
         if (widgets.createCSRButton) {
             widgets.createCSRButton->setEnabled(true);
         }
     }
 }
 
 OpenPGPKeyCardWidget::OpenPGPKeyCardWidget(QWidget *parent)
     : QWidget{parent}
     , d{std::make_unique<Private>(this)}
 {
 }
 
 OpenPGPKeyCardWidget::~OpenPGPKeyCardWidget() = default;
 
 void OpenPGPKeyCardWidget::update(const Card *card)
 {
     d->update(card);
 }