diff --git a/ide/lazarusidestrconsts.pas b/ide/lazarusidestrconsts.pas
index ebb02c1022..d9111e411e 100644
--- a/ide/lazarusidestrconsts.pas
+++ b/ide/lazarusidestrconsts.pas
@@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@ resourcestring
   dlgEditAccessCaptionUnLocked                = 'Unlocked';
   dlgEditAccessCaptionUnLockedOpenNewInOldWin = 'New tab in existing window';
   dlgEditAccessCaptionUnLockedOpenNewInNewWin = 'New tab in new window';
-  dlgEditAccessCaptionIgnLockedOldEdit        = 'Ignore Locks, longest unused editor';
+  dlgEditAccessCaptionIgnLockedOldEdit        = 'Ignore Locks, use longest unused editor';
   dlgEditAccessCaptionIgnLockedOnlyActEdit    = 'Ignore Locks, if editor is current';
   dlgEditAccessCaptionIgnLockedOnlyActWin     = 'Ignore Locks, if editor in current window';
   dlgEditAccessCaptionUnLockedOpenNewInAnyWin = 'New tab, existing or new window';
@@ -1558,17 +1558,18 @@ resourcestring
   dlgEditAccessDescUnLocked =
     'This option will use any not locked Editor.';
   dlgEditAccessDescUnLockedOpenNewInOldWin =
-    'This option will open a new Tab in an existing (and only in an existing) Window, '+
-    'if no unlocked tab is found. '+
+    'If no unlocked tab is found, then this option will open a new Tab in an existing '+
+    '(and only in an existing) Window. '+
     'A tab is only opened if a window exists, that has not yet an editor for the target file.';
   dlgEditAccessDescUnLockedOpenNewInNewWin =
-    'This option will open a new Tab in a new (and always in a new) Window, '+
-    'if no unlocked tab is found. '+
+    'If no unlocked tab is found, then this option will open a new Tab in a new '+
+    ' Window (even if other existing windows could be used for the new tab). '+
     'This option will always succeed, further options are never tested.';
   dlgEditAccessDescIgnLockedOldEdit =
     'This option will use the longest unused editor for the file, '+
     'even if it is locked and/or needs scrolling. '+
-    'This always looks at the editor, never the window, to find the longest unused. ' +
+    'The determination of the longest unused editor does not look at the order in which the windows were focused, '+
+    'even if this is set by the setting for "same criteria order"' +
     'This option will always succeed, further options are never tested.';
   dlgEditAccessDescIgnLockedOnlyActEdit =
     'This option will check if the current active editor has the target file '+