diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/compare-performance/RAPrettyPrinter.tsx b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/compare-performance/RAPrettyPrinter.tsx
index d7fae2a32..010523194 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/compare-performance/RAPrettyPrinter.tsx
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/compare-performance/RAPrettyPrinter.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Fragment } from "react";
+import { styled } from "styled-components";
 
 /**
  * A set of names, for generating unambiguous abbreviations.
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ class NameSet {
     qnames
       .map((qname) => builder.visitQName(qname))
       .forEach((r, index) => {
-        this.abbreviations.set(names[index], r.abbreviate());
+        this.abbreviations.set(names[index], r.abbreviate(true));
       });
   }
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ class TrieNode {
 
 interface VisitResult {
   node: TrieNode;
-  abbreviate: () => React.ReactNode;
+  abbreviate: (isRoot?: boolean) => React.ReactNode;
 }
 
 class TrieBuilder {
@@ -118,13 +119,21 @@ class TrieBuilder {
     }
     return {
       node: trieNode,
-      abbreviate: () => {
+      abbreviate: (isRoot = false) => {
         const result: React.ReactNode[] = [];
         if (prefix != null) {
           result.push(prefix.abbreviate());
           result.push("::");
         }
-        result.push(qname.name);
+        const { name } = qname;
+        const hash = name.indexOf("#");
+        if (hash !== -1 && isRoot) {
+          const shortName = name.substring(0, hash);
+          result.push(<IdentifierSpan>{shortName}</IdentifierSpan>);
+          result.push(name.substring(hash));
+        } else {
+          result.push(isRoot ? <IdentifierSpan>{name}</IdentifierSpan> : name);
+        }
         if (args != null) {
           result.push("<");
           if (trieNodeBeforeArgs.children.size === 1) {
@@ -148,33 +157,73 @@ class TrieBuilder {
   }
 }
 
-const nameTokenRegex = /\b[^ ]+::[^ (]+\b/g;
+/**
+ * Span enclosing an entire qualified name.
+ *
+ * Can be used to gray out uninteresting parts of the name, though this looks worse than expected.
+ */
+const QNameSpan = styled.span`
+  /* color: var(--vscode-disabledForeground); */
+`;
+
+/** Span enclosing the innermost identifier, e.g. the `foo` in `A::B<X>::foo#abc` */
+const IdentifierSpan = styled.span`
+  font-weight: 600;
+`;
+
+/** Span enclosing keywords such as `JOIN` and `WITH`. */
+const KeywordSpan = styled.span`
+  font-weight: 500;
+`;
+
+const nameTokenRegex = /\b[^ (]+\b/g;
+
+function traverseMatches(
+  text: string,
+  regex: RegExp,
+  callbacks: {
+    onMatch: (match: RegExpMatchArray) => void;
+    onText: (text: string) => void;
+  },
+) {
+  const matches = Array.from(text.matchAll(regex));
+  let lastIndex = 0;
+  for (const match of matches) {
+    const before = text.substring(lastIndex, match.index);
+    if (before !== "") {
+      callbacks.onText(before);
+    }
+    callbacks.onMatch(match);
+    lastIndex = match.index + match[0].length;
+  }
+  const after = text.substring(lastIndex);
+  if (after !== "") {
+    callbacks.onText(after);
+  }
+}
 
 export function abbreviateRASteps(steps: string[]): React.ReactNode[] {
   const nameTokens = steps.flatMap((step) =>
     Array.from(step.matchAll(nameTokenRegex)).map((tok) => tok[0]),
   );
-  const nameSet = new NameSet(nameTokens);
+  const nameSet = new NameSet(nameTokens.filter((name) => name.includes("::")));
   return steps.map((step, index) => {
-    const matches = Array.from(step.matchAll(nameTokenRegex));
     const result: React.ReactNode[] = [];
-    for (let i = 0; i < matches.length; i++) {
-      const match = matches[i];
-      const before = step.slice(
-        i === 0 ? 0 : matches[i - 1].index + matches[i - 1][0].length,
-        match.index,
-      );
-      result.push(before);
-      result.push(nameSet.getAbbreviation(match[0]));
-    }
-    result.push(
-      matches.length === 0
-        ? step
-        : step.slice(
-            matches[matches.length - 1].index +
-              matches[matches.length - 1][0].length,
-          ),
-    );
+    traverseMatches(step, nameTokenRegex, {
+      onMatch(match) {
+        const text = match[0];
+        if (text.includes("::")) {
+          result.push(<QNameSpan>{nameSet.getAbbreviation(text)}</QNameSpan>);
+        } else if (/[A-Z]+/.test(text)) {
+          result.push(<KeywordSpan>{text}</KeywordSpan>);
+        } else {
+          result.push(match[0]);
+        }
+      },
+      onText(text) {
+        result.push(text);
+      },
+    });
     return <Fragment key={index}>{result}</Fragment>;
   });
 }