diff --git a/help/C/preferences.page b/help/C/preferences.page
index 1dd36aff..db050e37 100644
--- a/help/C/preferences.page
+++ b/help/C/preferences.page
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@
 	In Ubuntu Unity, notifications appear at the upper right of the display.</p>
 	</item>
 	<item>
-	<title><gui>Always watch for new mail</gui></title>
+	<title><gui>Watch for new mail when closed</gui></title>
 	<p>Geary will watch your accounts for new mail even when the main window is not open.  To do
 	this, it will silently start when you log in to your computer, and it will continue to run
-	after you close the main window.</p>
+	after you close all windows.</p>
 	</item>
 	</terms>
 	</section>
-	
+
 </page>
diff --git a/ui/preferences-dialog.ui b/ui/preferences-dialog.ui
index 4488e396..6a532d87 100644
--- a/ui/preferences-dialog.ui
+++ b/ui/preferences-dialog.ui
@@ -161,11 +161,11 @@
             </child>
             <child>
               <object class="GtkCheckButton" id="startup_notifications">
-                <property name="label" translatable="yes">Always _watch for new mail</property>
+                <property name="label" translatable="yes">_Watch for new mail when closed</property>
                 <property name="visible">True</property>
                 <property name="can_focus">True</property>
                 <property name="receives_default">False</property>
-                <property name="tooltip_text" translatable="yes">Geary will run in the background and notify of new mail</property>
+                <property name="tooltip_text" translatable="yes">Geary will keep running after all windows are closed</property>
                 <property name="margin_start">12</property>
                 <property name="margin_end">5</property>
                 <property name="margin_top">5</property>