diff --git a/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 7e8294395..b67aa23f7 100644
--- a/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -123,14 +123,14 @@
 	<string name="pref_never_send_crash">Never send crash reports</string>
 	<string name="pref_never_send_crash_summary">By sending in stack traces you are helping the ongoing development of Conversations</string>
 	<string name="pref_confirm_messages">Confirm Messages</string>
-	<string name="pref_confirm_messages_summary">Let your contact know when you have received and read a message</string>
+	<string name="pref_confirm_messages_summary">Let your contacts know when you have received and read their messages</string>
 	<string name="pref_ui_options">UI</string>
 	<string name="openpgp_error">OpenKeychain reported an error</string>
 	<string name="error_decrypting_file">I/O Error decrypting file</string>
 	<string name="accept">Accept</string>
 	<string name="error">An error has occurred</string>
 	<string name="pref_grant_presence_updates">Grant presence updates</string>
-	<string name="pref_grant_presence_updates_summary">Preemptively grant and ask for presence subscription for contacts you created</string>
+	<string name="pref_grant_presence_updates_summary">Preemptively grant and request presence subscriptions for contacts you have created</string>
 	<string name="subscriptions">Subscriptions</string>
 	<string name="your_account">Your account</string>
 	<string name="keys">Keys</string>
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
 	<string name="contact_is_typing">%s is typing…</string>
 	<string name="contact_has_stopped_typing">%s has stopped typing</string>
 	<string name="pref_chat_states">Typing notifications</string>
-	<string name="pref_chat_states_summary">Let your contact know when you are writing a new message</string>
+	<string name="pref_chat_states_summary">Let your contacts know when you are writing messages to them</string>
 	<string name="send_location">Send location</string>
 	<string name="show_location">Show location</string>
 	<string name="no_application_found_to_display_location">No application found to display location</string>