diff --git a/wp-admin/menu.php b/wp-admin/menu.php
index f6459c63ae..384516f3b8 100644
--- a/wp-admin/menu.php
+++ b/wp-admin/menu.php
@@ -50,20 +50,30 @@ if ( is_multisite() || is_super_admin() ) {
 		$submenu[ 'index.php' ][5] = array( __('My Sites'), 'read', 'my-sites.php' );
 	
 	if ( is_super_admin() ) {
-		$update_count = 0;
+		$plugin_update_count = $theme_update_count = $wordpress_update_count = 0;
 		$update_plugins = get_site_transient( 'update_plugins' );
 		if ( !empty($update_plugins->response) )
-			$update_count += count( $update_plugins->response );
+			$plugin_update_count = count( $update_plugins->response );
 		$update_themes = get_site_transient( 'update_themes' );
 		if ( !empty($update_themes->response) )
-			$update_count += count( $update_themes->response );
+			$theme_update_count = count( $update_themes->response );
 		$update_wordpress = get_core_updates( array('dismissed' => false) );
 		if ( !empty($update_wordpress) && !in_array( $update_wordpress[0]->response, array('development', 'latest') ) )
-			$update_count++;
+			$wordpress_update_count = 1;
 
-		unset($update_plugins, $update_themes, $update_wordpress);
+		$update_count = $plugin_update_count + $theme_update_count + $wordpress_update_count;
+		$update_title = array();
+		if ( $wordpress_update_count )
+			$update_title[] = sprintf(__('%d WordPress Update'), $wordpress_update_count);
+		if ( $plugin_update_count )
+			$update_title[] = sprintf(_n('%d Plugin Update', '%d Plugin Updates', $plugin_update_count), $plugin_update_count);
+		if ( $theme_update_count )
+			$update_title[] = sprintf(_n('%d Theme Update', '%d Themes Updates', $theme_update_count), $theme_update_count);
 
-		$submenu[ 'index.php' ][10] = array( sprintf( __('Updates %s'), "<span class='update-plugins count-$update_count'><span class='update-count'>" . number_format_i18n($update_count) . "</span></span>" ), 'install_plugins',  'update-core.php');
+		$update_title = !empty($update_title) ? esc_attr(implode(', ', $update_title)) : '';
+
+		$submenu[ 'index.php' ][10] = array( sprintf( __('Updates %s'), "<span class='update-plugins count-$update_count' title='$update_title'><span class='update-count'>" . number_format_i18n($update_count) . "</span></span>" ), 'install_plugins',  'update-core.php');
+		unset($plugin_update_count, $theme_update_count, $wordpress_update_count, $update_count, $update_title);
 	}
 }