diff --git a/modules/email/mu4e/autoload/advice.el b/modules/email/mu4e/autoload/advice.el
index fbfa64253..191e8e921 100644
--- a/modules/email/mu4e/autoload/advice.el
+++ b/modules/email/mu4e/autoload/advice.el
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ clicked."
                        (- (length newstr) 1) 'mouse-face 'highlight newstr)
     newstr))
 
+;;;###autoload
+(defun +mu4e~main-keyval-str-prettier-a (str)
+  "Replace '*' with '⚫' in STR."
+  (replace-regexp-in-string "\t\\*" "\t⚫" str))
+
 ;; Org msg LaTeX image scaling
 
 ;;;###autoload
diff --git a/modules/email/mu4e/config.el b/modules/email/mu4e/config.el
index ebc414fa8..1012e771f 100644
--- a/modules/email/mu4e/config.el
+++ b/modules/email/mu4e/config.el
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@
 
   (add-hook 'mu4e-compose-pre-hook '+mu4e-set-from-address-h)
 
+  (advice-add #'mu4e~key-val :filter-return #'+mu4e~main-keyval-str-prettier-a)
   (advice-add #'mu4e~main-action-str :override #'+mu4e~main-action-str-prettier-a)
   (when (featurep! :editor evil)
     ;; As +mu4e~main-action-str-prettier replaces [k]ey with key q]uit should become quit