diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/history-item-label-provider.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/history-item-label-provider.ts
index 73fc30dbe..6a7e48906 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/history-item-label-provider.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/history-item-label-provider.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export class HistoryItemLabelProvider {
       t: item.startTime,
       q: item.getQueryName(),
       d: item.initialInfo.databaseInfo.name,
-      r: `${resultCount} results`,
+      r: `(${resultCount} results)`,
       s: statusString,
       f: item.getQueryFileName(),
       '%': '%',
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/vscode-tests/no-workspace/history-item-label-provider.test.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/vscode-tests/no-workspace/history-item-label-provider.test.ts
index 2184a57d6..67727edb2 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/vscode-tests/no-workspace/history-item-label-provider.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/vscode-tests/no-workspace/history-item-label-provider.test.ts
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ describe('HistoryItemLabelProvider', () => {
       expect(labelProvider.getLabel(fqi)).to.eq('xxx');
 
       fqi.userSpecifiedLabel = '%t %q %d %s %f %r %%';
-      expect(labelProvider.getLabel(fqi)).to.eq(`${dateStr} query-name db-name in progress query-file.ql 456 results %`);
+      expect(labelProvider.getLabel(fqi)).to.eq(`${dateStr} query-name db-name in progress query-file.ql (456 results) %`);
 
       fqi.userSpecifiedLabel = '%t %q %d %s %f %r %%::%t %q %d %s %f %r %%';
-      expect(labelProvider.getLabel(fqi)).to.eq(`${dateStr} query-name db-name in progress query-file.ql 456 results %::${dateStr} query-name db-name in progress query-file.ql 456 results %`);
+      expect(labelProvider.getLabel(fqi)).to.eq(`${dateStr} query-name db-name in progress query-file.ql (456 results) %::${dateStr} query-name db-name in progress query-file.ql (456 results) %`);
     });
 
     it('should interpolate query when not user specified', () => {
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ describe('HistoryItemLabelProvider', () => {
 
 
       config.format = '%t %q %d %s %f %r %%';
-      expect(labelProvider.getLabel(fqi)).to.eq(`${dateStr} query-name db-name in progress query-file.ql 456 results %`);
+      expect(labelProvider.getLabel(fqi)).to.eq(`${dateStr} query-name db-name in progress query-file.ql (456 results) %`);
 
       config.format = '%t %q %d %s %f %r %%::%t %q %d %s %f %r %%';
-      expect(labelProvider.getLabel(fqi)).to.eq(`${dateStr} query-name db-name in progress query-file.ql 456 results %::${dateStr} query-name db-name in progress query-file.ql 456 results %`);
+      expect(labelProvider.getLabel(fqi)).to.eq(`${dateStr} query-name db-name in progress query-file.ql (456 results) %::${dateStr} query-name db-name in progress query-file.ql (456 results) %`);
     });
 
     it('should get query short label', () => {