diff --git a/web/i18n/en/settings.json b/web/i18n/en/settings.json
index d5c7bfb3..6baddb1f 100644
--- a/web/i18n/en/settings.json
+++ b/web/i18n/en/settings.json
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@
 
     "privacy.analytics": "anonymous traffic analytics",
     "privacy.analytics.title": "don't contribute to analytics",
-    "privacy.analytics.description": "we use a self-hosted plausible instance for getting an approximate number of active cobalt users. no identifiable information about you is ever stored. all processed data is anonymized and aggregated.\n\nplausible does not use any cookies and is fully compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and PECR.",
+    "privacy.analytics.description": "anonymous traffic analytics are needed to get an approximate number of active cobalt users. no identifiable information about you is ever stored. all processed data is anonymized and aggregated.\n\nwe use a self-hosted plausible instance that doesn't use cookies and is fully compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and PECR.",
     "privacy.analytics.learnmore": "learn more about plausible's dedication to privacy.",
 
     "privacy.tunnel": "tunnelling",
-    "privacy.tunnel.title": "always tunnel all files",
-    "privacy.tunnel.description": "cobalt will always hide your ip address and browser info from the source service. this also helps bypass local network restrictions.",
+    "privacy.tunnel.title": "always tunnel files",
+    "privacy.tunnel.description": "cobalt will hide your ip address, browser info, and bypass local network restrictions. when enabled, files will also have readable filenames that otherwise would be gibberish.",
 
     "advanced.debug": "debug",
     "advanced.debug.title": "enable debug features",