diff --git a/client_v2/locales/en/common.json b/client_v2/locales/en/common.json
index 063a11ee..3e7363c3 100644
--- a/client_v2/locales/en/common.json
+++ b/client_v2/locales/en/common.json
@@ -505,20 +505,20 @@
     "settings.library.lowThreshold.desc": "Spools at or below this weight are flagged red (this browser only)",
     "settings.library.lowThreshold.label": "Low-stock threshold",
     "settings.library.tab": "Library behavior",
-    "settings.scanner.autoNavigate.desc": "Off by default. Only the Library and Dashboard react, so a scan can never interrupt a dialog, a field you are typing in, or this page.",
-    "settings.scanner.autoNavigate.label": "Open the spool a scanned tag belongs to",
+    "settings.scanner.autoNavigate.desc": "Automatically navigate in this web browser to a spool that gets read by a tag reader.",
+    "settings.scanner.autoNavigate.label": "Auto-navigate",
     "settings.scanner.docs": "How to set up a tag reader",
     "settings.scanner.lastSeen": "{{when}} ago",
     "settings.scanner.pair": "Pair by tapping",
-    "settings.scanner.reader.anyDesc": "Scans from any reader open spools on this screen. Pair with one if you have several and want different screens to follow different readers.",
-    "settings.scanner.reader.label": "Reader",
-    "settings.scanner.reader.pairedDesc": "Only scans from this reader open spools on this screen.",
-    "settings.scanner.recent": "Recently seen readers",
-    "settings.scanner.recentNone": "No reader has scanned since the server started. This list is not stored — a reader reappears the moment it scans again.",
-    "settings.scanner.tab": "Scanned tags",
+    "settings.scanner.reader.anyDesc": "Scans from any reader open spools in this web browser. You can pair with a specific one if you want finer control. This is also the reader that will be used for adding new tags to spools.",
+    "settings.scanner.reader.label": "Tag Reader",
+    "settings.scanner.reader.pairedDesc": "Only scans from this reader open spools in this web browser.",
+    "settings.scanner.recent": "Recent readers",
+    "settings.scanner.recentNone": "No reader in memory, set up a tag reader then read any tag for it to appear here.",
+    "settings.scanner.tab": "Tag Scanning",
     "settings.scanner.unpair": "Use any reader",
     "settings.scanner.use": "Use this one",
-    "settings.scanner.waiting": "Tap a tag on the reader you want...",
+    "settings.scanner.waiting": "Tap any tag on the reader you want...",
     "spool.fields.archived": "Archived",
     "spool.fields.comment": "Comment",
     "spool.fields.filament": "Filament",
@@ -604,4 +604,4 @@
     "vendor.fields.registered": "Registered",
     "vendor.fieldsHelp.emptySpoolWeight": "The weight of an empty spool from this manufacturer.",
     "yes": "Yes"
-}
+}
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