diff --git a/artiq/frontend/artiq_client.py b/artiq/frontend/artiq_client.py
index 0bf0631a7..f552c1f33 100755
--- a/artiq/frontend/artiq_client.py
+++ b/artiq/frontend/artiq_client.py
@@ -290,10 +290,11 @@ def _show_datasets(datasets):
 
 def _show_interactive_args(interactive_args):
     clear_screen()
-    table = PrettyTable(["RID", "Key", "Type", "Group", "Tooltip"])
-    for rid, args in sorted(interactive_args.items(), key=itemgetter(0)):
-        for key, procdesc, group, tooltip in args:
-            table.add_row([rid, key, procdesc["ty"], group, tooltip])
+    table = PrettyTable(["RID", "Title", "Key", "Type", "Group", "Tooltip"])
+    for rid, input_request in sorted(interactive_args.items(), key=itemgetter(0)):
+        title = input_request["title"]
+        for key, procdesc, group, tooltip in input_request["arglist_desc"]:
+            table.add_row([rid, title, key, procdesc["ty"], group, tooltip])
     print(table)
 
 
diff --git a/artiq/frontend/artiq_run.py b/artiq/frontend/artiq_run.py
index d46bad022..ea6a50c00 100755
--- a/artiq/frontend/artiq_run.py
+++ b/artiq/frontend/artiq_run.py
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ def get_argparser(with_file=True):
 
 
 class ArgumentManager(ProcessArgumentManager):
-    def get_interactive(self, interactive_arglist):
+    def get_interactive(self, interactive_arglist, title):
+        print(title)
         result = dict()
         for key, processor, group, tooltip in interactive_arglist:
             success = False
diff --git a/artiq/language/environment.py b/artiq/language/environment.py
index 797f1eeeb..8b4076a4c 100644
--- a/artiq/language/environment.py
+++ b/artiq/language/environment.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class TraceArgumentManager:
         self.requested_args[key] = processor, group, tooltip
         return None
 
-    def get_interactive(self, interactive_arglist):
+    def get_interactive(self, interactive_arglist, title):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
 
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class ProcessArgumentManager:
             raise AttributeError("Supplied argument(s) not queried in experiment: " +
                                  ", ".join(unprocessed))
 
-    def get_interactive(self, interactive_arglist):
+    def get_interactive(self, interactive_arglist, title):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ class HasEnvironment:
         self.kernel_invariants = kernel_invariants | {key}
 
     @contextmanager
-    def interactive(self):
+    def interactive(self, title=""):
         """Request arguments from the user interactively.
 
         This context manager returns a namespace object on which the method
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ class HasEnvironment:
         namespace.setattr_argument = setattr_argument
         yield namespace
         del namespace.setattr_argument
-        argdict = self.__argument_mgr.get_interactive(interactive_arglist)
+        argdict = self.__argument_mgr.get_interactive(interactive_arglist, title)
         for key, value in argdict.items():
             setattr(namespace, key, value)
 
diff --git a/artiq/master/databases.py b/artiq/master/databases.py
index c34a01300..7a4a6b153 100644
--- a/artiq/master/databases.py
+++ b/artiq/master/databases.py
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ class InteractiveArgDB:
         self.pending = Notifier(dict())
         self.futures = dict()
 
-    async def get(self, rid, arglist_desc):
-        self.pending[rid] = arglist_desc
+    async def get(self, rid, arglist_desc, title):
+        self.pending[rid] = {"title": title, "arglist_desc": arglist_desc}
         self.futures[rid] = asyncio.get_running_loop().create_future()
         try:
             value = await self.futures[rid]
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class InteractiveArgDB:
         if rid not in self.futures:
             raise ValueError("no experiment with this RID is "
                              "waiting for interactive arguments")
-        if {i[0] for i in self.pending.raw_view[rid]} != set(values.keys()):
+        if {i[0] for i in self.pending.raw_view[rid]["arglist_desc"]} != set(values.keys()):
             raise ValueError("supplied and requested keys do not match")
         self.futures[rid].set_result(values)
 
diff --git a/artiq/master/worker_impl.py b/artiq/master/worker_impl.py
index 72e5326ad..65c7f2a88 100644
--- a/artiq/master/worker_impl.py
+++ b/artiq/master/worker_impl.py
@@ -218,10 +218,10 @@ def examine(device_mgr, dataset_mgr, file):
 class ArgumentManager(ProcessArgumentManager):
     _get_interactive = make_parent_action("get_interactive_arguments")
 
-    def get_interactive(self, interactive_arglist):
+    def get_interactive(self, interactive_arglist, title):
         arglist_desc = [(k, p.describe(), g, t)
                         for k, p, g, t in interactive_arglist]
-        arguments = ArgumentManager._get_interactive(arglist_desc)
+        arguments = ArgumentManager._get_interactive(arglist_desc, title)
         for key, processor, _, _ in interactive_arglist:
             arguments[key] = processor.process(arguments[key])
         return arguments