diff --git a/doc/help/settings.asciidoc b/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
index 757371e94..73ac7a4c0 100644
--- a/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 |<<hints-scatter,scatter>>|Whether to scatter hint key chains (like Vimium) or not (like dwb).
 |<<hints-uppercase,uppercase>>|Make chars in hint strings uppercase.
 |<<hints-dictionary,dictionary>>|The dictionary file to be used by the word hints.
-|<<hints-auto-follow,auto-follow>>|Whether to auto-follow a hint if there's only one left.
+|<<hints-auto-follow,auto-follow>>|Follow a hint immediately when the hint text is completely matched.
 |<<hints-next-regexes,next-regexes>>|A comma-separated list of regexes to use for 'next' links.
 |<<hints-prev-regexes,prev-regexes>>|A comma-separated list of regexes to use for 'prev' links.
 |==============
diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py
index ccf79bba0..c250cef33 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ def data(readonly=False):
 
             ('auto-follow',
              SettingValue(typ.Bool(), 'true'),
-             "Whether to auto-follow a hint if there's only one left."),
+             "Follow a hint immediately when the hint text is completely matched."),
 
             ('next-regexes',
              SettingValue(typ.RegexList(flags=re.IGNORECASE),