diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/dired.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/dired.rs
index ce96dbd3b82..b2b1e878a42 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/dired.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/dired.rs
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@
 /// Overall, the module ensures each entry in the DIRED output has the correct
 /// byte position, considering additional lines or padding affecting positions.
 ///
+use crate::display::LocaleQuoting;
 use crate::{Config, LsError};
 use std::fmt;
 use std::io::{BufWriter, Stdout, Write};
 use uucore::error::UResult;
+use uucore::quoting_style::{Quotes, QuotingStyle};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub struct BytePosition {
@@ -126,12 +128,42 @@ pub fn print_dired_output(
     writeln!(
         out,
         "//DIRED-OPTIONS// --quoting-style={}",
-        config.quoting_style
+        dired_quoting_style_name(config)
     )
     .map_err(LsError::WriteError)?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// The canonical `--quoting-style` name for the `//DIRED-OPTIONS//` trailer.
+/// `QuotingStyle`'s `Display` impl collapses distinct style names together and adds suffixes GNU's trailer never uses, so this maps the config directly instead.
+fn dired_quoting_style_name(config: &Config) -> &'static str {
+    match config.locale_quoting {
+        Some(LocaleQuoting::Single) => return "locale",
+        Some(LocaleQuoting::Double) => return "clocale",
+        None => {}
+    }
+    match config.quoting_style {
+        QuotingStyle::Literal { .. } => "literal",
+        QuotingStyle::C {
+            quotes: Quotes::None,
+        } => "escape",
+        // `Quotes::Single` is never produced by ls's own option parsing
+        // (only reachable through `locale_quoting`, handled above), but
+        // `c` is the closest canonical name if that ever changes.
+        QuotingStyle::C { .. } => "c",
+        QuotingStyle::Shell {
+            escape,
+            always_quote,
+            ..
+        } => match (escape, always_quote) {
+            (false, false) => "shell",
+            (false, true) => "shell-always",
+            (true, false) => "shell-escape",
+            (true, true) => "shell-escape-always",
+        },
+    }
+}
+
 /// Helper function to print positions with a given prefix.
 fn print_positions(
     out: &mut BufWriter<Stdout>,
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
index 6bb0aaa3672..9775afd9fc5 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
@@ -5644,6 +5644,42 @@ fn test_ls_dired_implies_long() {
         .stdout_contains("//DIRED-OPTIONS// --quoting-style");
 }
 
+// Regression test for issue #14775.
+#[test]
+fn test_ls_dired_quoting_style_name() {
+    let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let at = &scene.fixtures;
+    at.mkdir("dir");
+
+    for style in [
+        "literal",
+        "shell",
+        "shell-always",
+        "shell-escape",
+        "shell-escape-always",
+        "c",
+        "escape",
+        "locale",
+        "clocale",
+    ] {
+        scene
+            .ucmd()
+            .env("LC_ALL", "C")
+            .args(&["-l", "--dired", &format!("--quoting-style={style}"), "dir"])
+            .succeeds()
+            .stdout_contains(format!("//DIRED-OPTIONS// --quoting-style={style}"));
+    }
+
+    for (opt, style) in [("-N", "literal"), ("-Q", "c"), ("-b", "escape")] {
+        scene
+            .ucmd()
+            .env("LC_ALL", "C")
+            .args(&["-l", "--dired", opt, "dir"])
+            .succeeds()
+            .stdout_contains(format!("//DIRED-OPTIONS// --quoting-style={style}"));
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_ls_dired_hyperlink() {
     // we will have link but not the DIRED output