diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/page/index.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/page/index.js
index d7ac55e48d..4f1b8525f5 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/page/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/page/index.js
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ export default class LocalSettingsPage extends React.PureComponent {
             id='mastodon-settings--notifications-tab_badge'
             onChange={onChange}
           >
-            <FormattedMessage id='settings.notifications.tab_badge' defaultMessage="Display a badge for unread notifications if the notifications column isn't open" />
+            <FormattedMessage id='settings.notifications.tab_badge' defaultMessage="Unread notifications badge" />
+            <span className='hint'><FormattedMessage id='settings.notifications.tab_badge.hint' defaultMessage="Display a badge for unread notifications in the column icons when the notifications column isn't open" /></span>
           </LocalSettingsPageItem>
           <LocalSettingsPageItem
             settings={settings}
@@ -58,7 +59,8 @@ export default class LocalSettingsPage extends React.PureComponent {
             id='mastodon-settings--notifications-favicon_badge'
             onChange={onChange}
           >
-            <FormattedMessage id='settings.notifications.favicon_badge' defaultMessage='Display unread notifications count in the favicon' />
+            <FormattedMessage id='settings.notifications.favicon_badge' defaultMessage='Unread notifications favicon badge' />
+            <span className='hint'><FormattedMessage id='settings.notifications.favicon_badge.hint' defaultMessage="Add a badge for unread notifications to the favicon" /></span>
           </LocalSettingsPageItem>
         </section>
         <section>
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ export default class LocalSettingsPage extends React.PureComponent {
             onChange={onChange}
           >
             <FormattedMessage id='settings.wide_view' defaultMessage='Wide view (Desktop mode only)' />
+            <span className='hint'><FormattedMessage id='settings.wide_view_hint' defaultMessage='Stretches columns to better fill the available space.' /></span>
           </LocalSettingsPageItem>
           <LocalSettingsPageItem
             settings={settings}
@@ -112,7 +115,8 @@ export default class LocalSettingsPage extends React.PureComponent {
           id='mastodon-settings--preselect_on_reply'
           onChange={onChange}
         >
-          <FormattedMessage id='settings.preselect_on_reply' defaultMessage='Pre-select usernames past the first when replying to a toot with multiple participants' />
+          <FormattedMessage id='settings.preselect_on_reply' defaultMessage='Pre-select usernames on reply' />
+          <span className='hint'><FormattedMessage id='settings.preselect_on_reply_hint' defaultMessage='When replying to a conversation with multiple participants, pre-select usernames past the first' /></span>
         </LocalSettingsPageItem>
         <LocalSettingsPageItem
           settings={settings}
@@ -290,6 +294,7 @@ export default class LocalSettingsPage extends React.PureComponent {
           onChange={onChange}
         >
           <FormattedMessage id='settings.media_letterbox' defaultMessage='Letterbox media' />
+          <span className='hint'><FormattedMessage id='settings.media_letterbox_hint' defaultMessage='Scale down and letterbox media to fill the image containers instead of stretching and cropping them' /></span>
         </LocalSettingsPageItem>
         <LocalSettingsPageItem
           settings={settings}