diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/PeoplePage.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/PeoplePage.ui
index 2c0b3b45e..692d1a617 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/PeoplePage.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/PeoplePage.ui
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
            <enum>Qt::RightToLeft</enum>
           </property>
           <property name="text">
-           <string>Difference in votes to make friends globally negative:</string>
+           <string>Difference in votes (+/-) to rate an ID negatively:</string>
           </property>
           <property name="alignment">
            <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <item row="1" column="2">
          <widget class="QSpinBox" name="thresholdForNegative_SB">
           <property name="toolTip">
-           <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;The default value of -0.6 needs 3 to 4 friends to set a negative opinion in order for that identity to be banned at your own node. This is a pretty conservative value. If you want to more easily get rid of banned identities, set the value to e.g. -0.2&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+           <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;When an identity receives more negative votes than positive votes, it switches from &amp;quot;Neutral&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;Negative (according to your friends)&amp;quot;. By default, a one-vote difference is enough, but you can make this harder to happen by selecting a higher number here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
           </property>
           <property name="minimum">
            <number>1</number>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         <item row="0" column="2">
          <widget class="QSpinBox" name="thresholdForPositive_SB">
           <property name="toolTip">
-           <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;The default value of -0.6 needs 3 to 4 friends to set a negative opinion in order for that identity to be banned at your own node. This is a pretty conservative value. If you want to more easily get rid of banned identities, set the value to e.g. -0.2&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+           <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;When an identity receives more positive votes than negative votes, it switches from &amp;quot;Neutral&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;Positive (according to your friends)&amp;quot;. By default, a one-vote difference is enough, but you can make this harder to happen by selecting a higher number here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
           </property>
           <property name="minimum">
            <number>1</number>
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@
           <property name="maximum">
            <number>100</number>
           </property>
+          <property name="value">
+           <number>1</number>
+          </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
         <item row="0" column="0">
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@
            <enum>Qt::RightToLeft</enum>
           </property>
           <property name="text">
-           <string>Difference in votes to make friends globally positive:</string>
+           <string>Difference in votes (+/-) to rate an ID positively:</string>
           </property>
           <property name="alignment">
            <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>