diff --git a/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in b/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in
index 55817e879..90fce6c1e 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in
@@ -96,12 +96,12 @@
     </key>
     <key name="welcome-dialog-last-shown-version" type="s">
       <default>''</default>
-      <summary>The last version the “Welcome to GNOME” dialogue was shown for</summary>
+      <summary>The last version the “Welcome to GNOME” dialog was shown for</summary>
       <description>
-        This key determines when the “Welcome to GNOME” dialog was last shown for.
-        An empty string represents the oldest possible version, and huge number will
-        represents versions that do not exist yet, and should be used to disable the
-        dialogue should that be needed.
+        This key determines for which version the “Welcome to GNOME” dialog was
+        last shown. An empty string represents the oldest possible version, and
+        a huge number will represent versions that do not exist yet. This huge
+        number can be used to effectively disable the dialog.
       </description>
     </key>
     <key name="introspect" type="b">