diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/checkout/checkout.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/checkout/checkout.go
index 8fb591b58..adaa6abe6 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/checkout/checkout.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/checkout/checkout.go
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ func resolvePR(httpClient *http.Client, baseRepo ghrepo.Interface, prompter shar
 func promptForPR(prompter shared.Prompter, cs *iostreams.ColorScheme, jobs api.PullRequestAndTotalCount) (*api.PullRequest, error) {
 	candidates := []string{}
 	for _, pr := range jobs.PullRequests {
-		candidates = append(candidates, text.Truncate(120, fmt.Sprintf("%s %s (%s)",
+		candidates = append(candidates, text.Truncate(120, fmt.Sprintf("%s %s [%s]",
 			shared.PRNumberWithColor(cs, pr),
 			text.RemoveExcessiveWhitespace(pr.Title),
 			cs.Gray(pr.HeadLabel()),
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/checkout/checkout_test.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/checkout/checkout_test.go
index 4bbf23cdb..33173252e 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/checkout/checkout_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/checkout/checkout_test.go
@@ -239,9 +239,9 @@ func Test_checkoutRun(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			promptStubs: func(pm *prompter.MockPrompter) {
 				pm.RegisterSelect("Select a pull request",
-					[]string{"#32 New feature (feature)", "#29 Fixed bad bug (bug-fix)", "#28 Improve documentation (docs)"},
+					[]string{"#32 New feature [feature]", "#29 Fixed bad bug [bug-fix]", "#28 Improve documentation [docs]"},
 					func(_, _ string, opts []string) (int, error) {
-						return prompter.IndexFor(opts, "#32 New feature (feature)")
+						return prompter.IndexFor(opts, "#32 New feature [feature]")
 					})
 			},
 			runStubs: func(cs *run.CommandStubber) {