diff --git a/doc/help/settings.asciidoc b/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
index bfa5d3438..608429ab5 100644
--- a/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
 |<<qt.force_platform,qt.force_platform>>|Force a Qt platform to use.
 |<<qt.force_software_rendering,qt.force_software_rendering>>|Force software rendering for QtWebEngine.
 |<<qt.highdpi,qt.highdpi>>|Turn on Qt HighDPI scaling.
-|<<qt.low_end_device_mode,qt.low_end_device_mode>>|Use Chromium's low-end device mode.
+|<<qt.low_end_device_mode,qt.low_end_device_mode>>|When to use Chromium's low-end device mode.
 |<<qt.process_model,qt.process_model>>|Which Chromium process model to use.
 |<<scrolling.bar,scrolling.bar>>|Show a scrollbar.
 |<<scrolling.smooth,scrolling.smooth>>|Enable smooth scrolling for web pages.
@@ -2769,7 +2769,7 @@ Default: +pass:[false]+
 
 [[qt.low_end_device_mode]]
 === qt.low_end_device_mode
-Use Chromium's low-end device mode.
+When to use Chromium's low-end device mode.
 This improves the RAM usage of renderer processes, at the expense of performance.
 This setting requires a restart.
 
@@ -2777,9 +2777,9 @@ Type: <<types,String>>
 
 Valid values:
 
- * +force-on+: Always use low-end device mode.
+ * +always+: Always use low-end device mode.
  * +auto+: Decide automatically (uses low-end mode with < 1 GB available RAM).
- * +force-off+: Never use low-end device mode.
+ * +never+: Never use low-end device mode.
 
 Default: +pass:[auto]+
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.yml b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.yml
index 9910d7289..f9ce717c4 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.yml
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.yml
@@ -214,15 +214,15 @@ qt.low_end_device_mode:
   type:
     name: String
     valid_values:
-      - force-on: Always use low-end device mode.
+      - always: Always use low-end device mode.
       - auto: Decide automatically (uses low-end mode with < 1 GB available
             RAM).
-      - force-off: Never use low-end device mode.
+      - never: Never use low-end device mode.
   default: auto
   backend: QtWebEngine
   restart: true
   desc: >-
-    Use Chromium's low-end device mode.
+    When to use Chromium's low-end device mode.
 
     This improves the RAM usage of renderer processes, at the expense of
     performance.
diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/configinit.py b/qutebrowser/config/configinit.py
index 110373bd7..8480889af 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/configinit.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/configinit.py
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ def _qtwebengine_args():
         },
         'qt.low_end_device_mode': {
             'auto': None,
-            'force-on': '--enable-low-end-device-mode',
-            'force-off': '--disable-low-end-device-mode',
+            'always': '--enable-low-end-device-mode',
+            'never': '--disable-low-end-device-mode',
         },
         'content.headers.referer': {
             'always': None,
diff --git a/tests/unit/config/test_configinit.py b/tests/unit/config/test_configinit.py
index 8910ac42e..40f143086 100644
--- a/tests/unit/config/test_configinit.py
+++ b/tests/unit/config/test_configinit.py
@@ -507,8 +507,8 @@ class TestQtArgs:
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('low_end_device_mode, arg', [
         ('auto', None),
-        ('force-on', '--enable-low-end-device-mode'),
-        ('force-off', '--disable-low-end-device-mode'),
+        ('always', '--enable-low-end-device-mode'),
+        ('never', '--disable-low-end-device-mode'),
     ])
     def test_low_end_device_mode(self, config_stub, monkeypatch, parser,
                                  low_end_device_mode, arg):