diff --git a/lib/plugins/config/lang/en/lang.php b/lib/plugins/config/lang/en/lang.php
index fe9e5458bd81d3aefb8a543ea9104ce03840de88..2151d7543c823d3c341f9ee356a197cf5f250972 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/config/lang/en/lang.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/config/lang/en/lang.php
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ $lang['disableactions_other'] = 'Other actions (comma separated)';
 $lang['sneaky_index'] = 'By default, DokuWiki will show all namespaces in the index view. Enabling this option will hide those where the user doesn\'t have read permissions. This might result in hiding of accessable subnamespaces. This may make the index unusable with certain ACL setups.';
 $lang['auth_security_timeout'] = 'Authentication Security Timeout (seconds)';
 $lang['securecookie'] = 'Should cookies set via HTTPS only be sent via HTTPS by the browser? Disable this option when only the login of your wiki is secured with SSL but browsing the wiki is done unsecured.';
-$lang['remote']      = 'Enable/disable Remote interface.';
-$lang['remoteuser']  = 'Restrict Remote access to the comma separated groups or users given here. Leave empty to give access to everyone.';
+$lang['remote']      = 'Enable the remote API system. This allows other applications to access the wiki via XML-RPC or other mechanisms.';
+$lang['remoteuser']  = 'Restrict remote API access to the comma separated groups or users given here. Leave empty to give access to everyone.';
 
 /* Advanced Options */
 $lang['updatecheck'] = 'Check for updates and security warnings? DokuWiki needs to contact update.dokuwiki.org for this feature.';