diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/branches_controller.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/branches_controller.go
index a73ee3bc2..47f95aa91 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/branches_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/branches_controller.go
@@ -5,15 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/gookit/color"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/git_commands"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gocui"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/context"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/presentation"
-	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/presentation/icons"
-	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/style"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/types"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
@@ -214,13 +211,7 @@ func (self *BranchesController) GetOnRenderToMain() func() {
 
 				pr, ok := self.c.Model().PullRequestsMap[branch.Name]
 				if ok && presentation.ShouldShowPrForBranch(pr, branch.Name, self.c.UserConfig()) {
-					icon := lo.Ternary(icons.IsIconEnabled(), icons.IconForRemoteUrl(pr.Url)+"  ", "")
-					ptyTask.Prefix = style.PrintHyperlink(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s  %s  %s\n",
-						icon,
-						coloredStateText(pr.State),
-						pr.Title,
-						style.FgCyan.Sprintf("#%d", pr.Number)),
-						pr.Url)
+					ptyTask.Prefix = presentation.FormatPullRequestHeader(pr)
 					ptyTask.Prefix += strings.Repeat("─", self.c.Contexts().Normal.GetView().InnerWidth()) + "\n"
 				}
 			}
@@ -236,37 +227,6 @@ func (self *BranchesController) GetOnRenderToMain() func() {
 	}
 }
 
-func stateText(state string) string {
-	var icon, label string
-	switch state {
-	case "OPEN":
-		icon, label = " ", "Open"
-	case "CLOSED":
-		icon, label = " ", "Closed"
-	case "MERGED":
-		icon, label = " ", "Merged"
-	case "DRAFT":
-		icon, label = " ", "Draft"
-	default:
-		return ""
-	}
-	if icons.IsIconEnabled() {
-		return icon + label
-	}
-	return label
-}
-
-func coloredStateText(state string) string {
-	if icons.IsIconEnabled() {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s%s",
-			presentation.WithPrColor(state, "", false),
-			presentation.WithPrColor(state, color.RGB(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, false).Sprint(stateText(state)), true),
-			presentation.WithPrColor(state, "", false))
-	}
-
-	return presentation.WithPrColor(state, stateText(state), false)
-}
-
 func (self *BranchesController) viewUpstreamOptions(selectedBranch *models.Branch) error {
 	upstream := lo.Ternary(selectedBranch.RemoteBranchStoredLocally(),
 		selectedBranch.ShortUpstreamRefName(),
diff --git a/pkg/gui/presentation/branches.go b/pkg/gui/presentation/branches.go
index 2e8ab0106..b705b4b2f 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/presentation/branches.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/presentation/branches.go
@@ -287,6 +287,47 @@ func WithPrColor(state string, text string, isBg bool) string {
 	}
 }
 
+func FormatPullRequestHeader(pr *models.GithubPullRequest) string {
+	icon := lo.Ternary(icons.IsIconEnabled(), icons.IconForRemoteUrl(pr.Url)+"  ", "")
+	return style.PrintHyperlink(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s  %s  %s\n",
+		icon,
+		coloredPullRequestStateText(pr.State),
+		pr.Title,
+		style.FgCyan.Sprintf("#%d", pr.Number)),
+		pr.Url)
+}
+
+func pullRequestStateText(state string) string {
+	var icon, label string
+	switch state {
+	case "OPEN":
+		icon, label = " ", "Open"
+	case "CLOSED":
+		icon, label = " ", "Closed"
+	case "MERGED":
+		icon, label = " ", "Merged"
+	case "DRAFT":
+		icon, label = " ", "Draft"
+	default:
+		return ""
+	}
+	if icons.IsIconEnabled() {
+		return icon + label
+	}
+	return label
+}
+
+func coloredPullRequestStateText(state string) string {
+	if icons.IsIconEnabled() {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s%s",
+			WithPrColor(state, "", false),
+			WithPrColor(state, color.RGB(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, false).Sprint(pullRequestStateText(state)), true),
+			WithPrColor(state, "", false))
+	}
+
+	return WithPrColor(state, pullRequestStateText(state), false)
+}
+
 func ShouldShowPrForBranch(pr *models.GithubPullRequest, branchName string, userConfig *config.UserConfig) bool {
 	if !lo.Contains(userConfig.Git.MainBranches, branchName) {
 		return true
diff --git a/pkg/gui/presentation/branches_test.go b/pkg/gui/presentation/branches_test.go
index 339f57cc3..178ddec69 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/presentation/branches_test.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/presentation/branches_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/common"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/presentation/icons"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/style"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/types"
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -22,6 +23,25 @@ func makeAtomic(v int32) *atomic.Int32 {
 	return &result
 }
 
+func TestFormatPullRequestHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	oldColorLevel := color.ForceSetColorLevel(terminfo.ColorLevelNone)
+	defer color.ForceSetColorLevel(oldColorLevel)
+	icons.SetNerdFontsVersion("")
+
+	pr := &models.GithubPullRequest{
+		Title:  "Improve checks",
+		Number: 5871,
+		State:  "OPEN",
+		Url:    "https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/5871",
+	}
+	numberText := style.FgCyan.Sprint("#5871")
+
+	actual := FormatPullRequestHeader(pr)
+
+	expected := style.PrintHyperlink("Open  Improve checks  "+numberText+"\n", pr.Url)
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, actual)
+}
+
 func Test_getBranchDisplayStrings(t *testing.T) {
 	scenarios := []struct {
 		branch               *models.Branch