diff --git a/web/i18n/en/settings.json b/web/i18n/en/settings.json
index 6baddb1f..710128e9 100644
--- a/web/i18n/en/settings.json
+++ b/web/i18n/en/settings.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "theme.auto": "auto",
     "theme.light": "light",
     "theme.dark": "dark",
-    "theme.description": "auto theme automatically switches between light and dark themes depending on your device's current theme.",
+    "theme.description": "auto theme switches between light and dark themes depending on your device's display mode.",
 
     "video.quality": "video quality",
     "video.quality.max": "8k+",
@@ -29,19 +29,19 @@
     "video.quality.144": "144p",
     "video.quality.description": "if preferred video quality isn't available, closest best is picked instead.",
 
-    "video.youtube.codec": "youtube video codec",
+    "video.youtube.codec": "youtube video codec and container",
     "video.youtube.codec.h264": "h264 (mp4)",
     "video.youtube.codec.av1": "av1 (mp4)",
     "video.youtube.codec.vp9": "vp9 (webm)",
-    "video.youtube.codec.description": "if preferred codec isn’t available, next best is picked instead. \n\nh264: best support, average detail level. max quality is 1080p. \nav1: best quality, small file size, most detail. supports 8k & HDR. \nvp9: same quality as av1, but file is approximately two times bigger. supports 4k & HDR.",
+    "video.youtube.codec.description": "h264: best compatibility, average bitrate. max quality is 1080p. \nav1: best quality, efficiency, and bitrate. supports 8k & HDR. \nvp9: same quality & bitrate as av1, but file is approximately two times bigger. supports 4k & HDR.\n\nav1 and vp9 aren't as widely supported as h264.",
 
     "video.twitter.gif": "twitter/x",
     "video.twitter.gif.title": "convert looping videos to GIF",
-    "video.twitter.gif.description": "GIF conversion is inefficient, converted file may be lower in quality and obnoxiously big.",
+    "video.twitter.gif.description": "GIF conversion is inefficient, converted file may be obnoxiously big and low quality.",
 
     "video.tiktok.h265": "tiktok",
     "video.tiktok.h265.title": "prefer HEVC/H265 format",
-    "video.tiktok.h265.description": "allows 1080p video downloading at cost of compatibility.",
+    "video.tiktok.h265.description": "allows downloading videos in 1080p at cost of compatibility.",
 
     "audio.format": "audio format",
     "audio.format.best": "best",
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@
 
     "audio.tiktok.original": "tiktok",
     "audio.tiktok.original.title": "download original sound",
-    "audio.tiktok.original.description": "if enabled, cobalt will download the sound from the post without any changes by the post's author.",
+    "audio.tiktok.original.description": "cobalt will download the sound from the video without any changes by the post's author.",
 
     "metadata.filename": "filename style",
     "metadata.filename.classic": "classic",
     "metadata.filename.basic": "basic",
     "metadata.filename.pretty": "pretty",
     "metadata.filename.nerdy": "nerdy",
-    "metadata.filename.description": "filename style will only be used for files processed or proxied by cobalt. some services don't support filename styles.",
+    "metadata.filename.description": "filename style will only be used for files tunnelled by cobalt. some services don't support filename styles other than classic.",
 
     "metadata.filename.preview.video": "Video Title",
     "metadata.filename.preview.audio": "Audio Title - Audio Author",
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@
     "accessibility.transparency.title": "reduce visual transparency",
     "accessibility.transparency.description": "reduces transparency of surfaces and disables blur effects.",
     "accessibility.motion.title": "reduce motion",
-    "accessibility.motion.description": "replaces animations with instant transitions when possible.",
+    "accessibility.motion.description": "disables animations and transitions whenever possible.",
 
     "language": "language",
     "language.auto.title": "use default browser language",
-    "language.auto.description": "automatically picks the best language for you. if preferred browser language isn't available, english is used instead. disable this toggle to pick a language manually.",
+    "language.auto.description": "automatically picks the best language for you. if preferred browser language isn't available, english is used instead.",
     "language.preferred.title": "preferred language",
-    "language.preferred.description": "language used for interface and content. if any text isn’t translated to this language, it will be displayed in english.",
+    "language.preferred.description": "if any text isn’t translated to the preferred language, it will fall back to english.",
 
     "privacy.analytics": "anonymous traffic analytics",
     "privacy.analytics.title": "don't contribute to analytics",
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
     "processing.community": "community instances",
 
     "processing.enable_custom.title": "use a custom processing server",
-    "processing.enable_custom.description": "cobalt will use a custom processing server if you choose to. even though cobalt has some security measures in place, we are not responsible for any damage done via a community instance, as we have no control over them.\n\nplease be mindful of what instances you use and make sure they're hosted by people you trust.",
+    "processing.enable_custom.description": "cobalt will use a custom processing server if you choose to. even though cobalt has some security measures in place, we are not responsible for any damages done via a community instance, as we have no control over them.\n\nplease be mindful of what instances you use and make sure they're hosted by people you trust.",
 
     "processing.custom.placeholder": "custom instance domain"
 }