diff --git a/common/locale/en-US/hints.xml b/common/locale/en-US/hints.xml
index 7b87be8d..f04db3e1 100644
--- a/common/locale/en-US/hints.xml
+++ b/common/locale/en-US/hints.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
             <dd>Moves the focus to the next hintable element</dd>
 
             <dt><k name="Leader"/></dt>
-            <dd>Temporarily treats all numbers as ordinary text</dd>
+            <dd>Temporarily treats all numbers (or other keys, depending on the
+                value of <o>hintkeys</o>) as ordinary text</dd>
 
             <dt><k name="Esc"/></dt>
             <dd>Exits hint mode without selecting an element</dd>
diff --git a/common/locale/en-US/options.xml b/common/locale/en-US/options.xml
index 2aa0e187..0014bdc6 100644
--- a/common/locale/en-US/options.xml
+++ b/common/locale/en-US/options.xml
@@ -874,8 +874,10 @@
     <description>
         <p>
             Timeout in milliseconds before automatically following a non-unique
-            hint. Set to 0 (the default) to only follow hints after pressing
-            <k name="Return"/> or when the hint is unique.
+            hint. The timeout is measured since the last time a key listed in
+            <o>hintkeys</o> was pressed. It has no effect when narrowing hints
+            by typing part of their text. Set to 0 (the default) to only follow
+            hints after pressing <k name="Return"/> or when the hint is unique.
         </p>
     </description>
 </item>