diff --git a/doc/help/settings.asciidoc b/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
index 63503d049..8e25e2a93 100644
--- a/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 |<<general-developer-extras,developer-extras>>|Enable extra tools for Web developers.
 |<<general-print-element-backgrounds,print-element-backgrounds>>|Whether the background color and images are also drawn when the page is printed.
 |<<general-xss-auditing,xss-auditing>>|Whether load requests should be monitored for cross-site scripting attempts.
-|<<general-site-specific-quirks,site-specific-quirks>>|Enable workarounds for broken sites.
+|<<general-site-specific-quirks,site-specific-quirks>>|Enable QtWebKit workarounds for broken sites.
 |<<general-default-encoding,default-encoding>>|Default encoding to use for websites.
 |<<general-new-instance-open-target,new-instance-open-target>>|How to open links in an existing instance if a new one is launched.
 |<<general-new-instance-open-target.window,new-instance-open-target.window>>|Which window to choose when opening links as new tabs.
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ Default: +pass:[false]+
 
 [[general-site-specific-quirks]]
 === site-specific-quirks
-Enable workarounds for broken sites.
+Enable QtWebKit workarounds for broken sites.
 
 Valid values:
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py
index d27a3763a..d7efce6b9 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def data(readonly=False):
             ('site-specific-quirks',
              SettingValue(typ.Bool(), 'true',
                           backends=[usertypes.Backend.QtWebKit]),
-             "Enable workarounds for broken sites."),
+             "Enable QtWebKit workarounds for broken sites."),
 
             ('default-encoding',
              SettingValue(typ.String(none_ok=True), ''),