diff --git a/locales/settings/en.json b/locales/settings/en.json
index 3191a30b3..a0ba73587 100644
--- a/locales/settings/en.json
+++ b/locales/settings/en.json
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
   "general.group_by_date.label": "Group by date",
   "general.hide_all_read_subscriptions.description": "Hide subscriptions without unread entries in the subscription list.",
   "general.hide_all_read_subscriptions.label": "Hide read",
-  "general.hide_private_subscriptions_in_timeline.description": "Hide private subscriptions in the View Timeline.",
+  "general.hide_private_subscriptions_in_timeline.description": "Hide private subscriptions from your subscriptions list and hide their entries from your timeline (they are always invisible to the public regardless of this setting).",
   "general.hide_private_subscriptions_in_timeline.label": "Hide private",
   "general.language": "Language",
   "general.launch_at_login": "Launch at login",
diff --git a/locales/settings/zh-CN.json b/locales/settings/zh-CN.json
index dc5e904e3..276b0270e 100644
--- a/locales/settings/zh-CN.json
+++ b/locales/settings/zh-CN.json
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
   "general.group_by_date.label": "按日期分组",
   "general.hide_all_read_subscriptions.description": "在订阅列表中隐藏没有未读条目的订阅。",
   "general.hide_all_read_subscriptions.label": "隐藏已读",
-  "general.hide_private_subscriptions_in_timeline.description": "在视图时间线中隐藏私密订阅。",
+  "general.hide_private_subscriptions_in_timeline.description": "从你的订阅列表中隐藏私密订阅，并从你的时间线上隐藏它们的条目（无论此设置如何，它们对公众始终是不可见的）。",
   "general.hide_private_subscriptions_in_timeline.label": "隐藏私密",
   "general.language": "语言",
   "general.launch_at_login": "开机时启动",