diff --git a/src/constants/coreSettings.ts b/src/constants/coreSettings.ts
index 5200f05915..d91c03cd56 100644
--- a/src/constants/coreSettings.ts
+++ b/src/constants/coreSettings.ts
@@ -772,7 +772,8 @@ export const CORE_SETTINGS: SettingParams[] = [
   {
     id: 'LiteGraph.Canvas.LowQualityRenderingZoomThreshold',
     name: 'Low quality rendering zoom threshold',
-    tooltip: 'Render low quality shapes when zoomed out',
+    tooltip:
+      'Zoom level threshold for performance mode. Lower values (0.1) = quality at all zoom levels. Higher values (1.0) = performance mode even when zoomed in. Performance mode simplifies rendering by hiding text labels, shadows, and details.',
     type: 'slider',
     attrs: {
       min: 0.1,
diff --git a/src/locales/en/settings.json b/src/locales/en/settings.json
index 01fcd79acc..6f2a410e4f 100644
--- a/src/locales/en/settings.json
+++ b/src/locales/en/settings.json
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
   },
   "LiteGraph_Canvas_LowQualityRenderingZoomThreshold": {
     "name": "Low quality rendering zoom threshold",
-    "tooltip": "Render low quality shapes when zoomed out"
+    "tooltip": "Zoom level threshold for performance mode. Lower values (0.1) = quality at all zoom levels. Higher values (1.0) = performance mode even when zoomed in. Performance mode simplifies rendering by hiding text labels, shadows, and details."
   },
   "LiteGraph_Canvas_MaximumFps": {
     "name": "Maximum FPS",