diff --git a/src/ui/qgsoptionsbase.ui b/src/ui/qgsoptionsbase.ui
index f52327c3044..01fab2b2703 100644
--- a/src/ui/qgsoptionsbase.ui
+++ b/src/ui/qgsoptionsbase.ui
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@
                    <item row="5" column="0">
                     <widget class="QGroupBox" name="mSimplifyDrawingGroupBox">
                      <property name="title">
-                      <string>By default simplify geometries</string>
+                      <string>Simplify geometries by default</string>
                      </property>
                      <property name="checkable">
                       <bool>true</bool>
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@
 &lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
 p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
 &lt;/style&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; font-family:'MS Shell Dlg 2'; font-size:8.25pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;&quot;&gt;
-&lt;p style=&quot; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;&quot;&gt;By default new vector layers added to the map should simplify geometries to improve rendering speed. The simplification applies only during rendering of the layer and does not modify the layer geometry.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+&lt;p style=&quot; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;&quot;&gt;If checked, new vector layers added to the map will automatically use geometry simplification to speed up rendering. The simplification applies only during rendering of the layer and does not modify the layer geometry.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
                         </property>
                         <property name="wordWrap">
                          <bool>true</bool>