diff --git a/src/Module/Settings/Channels.php b/src/Module/Settings/Channels.php
index 6aee2f99d7..68e14d2c38 100644
--- a/src/Module/Settings/Channels.php
+++ b/src/Module/Settings/Channels.php
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class Channels extends BaseSettings
 				'image'        => ["image[$channel->code]", $this->t("Images"), $channel->mediaType & 1],
 				'video'        => ["video[$channel->code]", $this->t("Videos"), $channel->mediaType & 2],
 				'audio'        => ["audio[$channel->code]", $this->t("Audio"), $channel->mediaType & 4],
-				'languages'    => ["languages[$channel->code][]", $this->t('Languages'), $channel->languages ?? $channel_languages, $this->t('Select all languages that you want to see in this channel.'), $languages, 'multiple'],
+				'languages'    => ["languages[$channel->code][]", $this->t('Languages'), $channel->languages ?? $channel_languages, $this->t('Select all languages that you want to see in this channel. "Unspecified" describes all posts for which no language information was detected (e.g. posts with just an image or too little text to be sure of the language). If you want to see all languages, you will need to select all items in the list.'), $languages, 'multiple'],
 				'publish'      => $publish,
 				'delete'       => ["delete[$channel->code]", $this->t("Delete channel") . ' (' . $channel->label . ')', false, $this->t("Check to delete this entry from the channel list")]
 			];
diff --git a/src/Module/Settings/Display.php b/src/Module/Settings/Display.php
index b918dfa9db..6accc47b16 100644
--- a/src/Module/Settings/Display.php
+++ b/src/Module/Settings/Display.php
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ class Display extends BaseSettings
 			'$timelines'            => $timelines,
 			'$timeline_explanation' => $this->t('Enable timelines that you want to see in the channels widget. Bookmark timelines that you want to see in the top menu.'),
 
-			'$channel_languages' => ['channel_languages[]', $this->t('Channel languages:'), $channel_languages, $this->t('Select all languages that you want to see in your channels.'), $languages, 'multiple'],
+			'$channel_languages' => ['channel_languages[]', $this->t('Channel languages:'), $channel_languages, $this->t('Select all the languages you want to see in your channels. "Unspecified" describes all posts for which no language information was detected (e.g. posts with just an image or too little text to be sure of the language). If you want to see all languages, you will need to select all items in the list.'), $languages, 'multiple'],
 
 			'$first_day_of_week'     => ['first_day_of_week', $this->t('Beginning of week:'), $first_day_of_week, '', $weekdays, false],
 			'$calendar_default_view' => ['calendar_default_view', $this->t('Default calendar view:'), $calendar_default_view, '', $calendarViews, false],
diff --git a/view/lang/C/messages.po b/view/lang/C/messages.po
index 358aef9e2f..bd75b8803f 100644
--- a/view/lang/C/messages.po
+++ b/view/lang/C/messages.po
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: 2025.02-dev\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-02-04 13:20-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-02-04 05:51+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -9594,8 +9594,8 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Full Text Search"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Settings/Channels.php:188 src/Module/Settings/Channels.php:209
-msgid "Select all languages that you want to see in this channel."
+#: src/Module/Settings/Channels.php:188
+msgid "Select all languages that you want to see in this channel. \"Unspecified\" describes all posts for which no language information was detected (e.g. posts with just an image or too little text to be sure of the language). If you want to see all languages, you will need to select all items in the list."
 msgstr ""
 
 #: src/Module/Settings/Channels.php:190
@@ -9655,6 +9655,10 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Check to display audio in the channel."
 msgstr ""
 
+#: src/Module/Settings/Channels.php:209
+msgid "Select all languages that you want to see in this channel."
+msgstr ""
+
 #: src/Module/Settings/Channels.php:213
 msgid "Add new entry to the channel list"
 msgstr ""
@@ -10140,7 +10144,7 @@ msgid "Channel languages:"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: src/Module/Settings/Display.php:356
-msgid "Select all languages that you want to see in your channels."
+msgid "Select all the languages you want to see in your channels. \"Unspecified\" describes all posts for which no language information was detected (e.g. posts with just an image or too little text to be sure of the language). If you want to see all languages, you will need to select all items in the list."
 msgstr ""
 
 #: src/Module/Settings/Display.php:358