diff --git a/files/templates/settings_filters.html b/files/templates/settings_filters.html
index d41fbcaf9f..2be79ae5b3 100644
--- a/files/templates/settings_filters.html
+++ b/files/templates/settings_filters.html
@@ -14,20 +14,20 @@
 
 			<div class="body w-lg-100">
 
-				<div class="custom-control custom-switch">
-					<input type="checkbox" class="custom-control-input" id="highlightcomments" name="highlightcomments"{% if v.highlightcomments %} checked{% endif %} onchange="post_toast('/settings/profile?highlightcomments='+document.getElementById('highlightcomments').checked);">
-					<label class="custom-control-label" for="highlightcomments"></label>
+				<div>
+					<input type="checkbox" id="highlightcomments" name="highlightcomments"{% if v.highlightcomments %} checked{% endif %} onchange="post_toast('/settings/profile?highlightcomments='+document.getElementById('highlightcomments').checked);">
+					<label class="inline-block pl-2 text-gray-400" for="highlightcomments">
+						Highlight new comments with a red dot since yoru last visit to a thread.
+					</label>
 				</div>
 
-				<span class="text-small-extra text-muted">Enable if you would like to have a red dot on comments made after the last time you visited a thread.</span>
-
 			</div>
 
 			<h2 class="label text-black">Card view</h2>
 
 			<div>
 				<input type="checkbox" id="cardview" name="cardview"{% if v.cardview %} checked{% endif %} onchange="post_toast('/settings/profile?cardview='+document.getElementById('cardview').checked);">
-				<label class="inline-block pl-2 text-gray-400" for="cardview"></label>
+				<label class="inline-block pl-2 text-gray-400" for="cardview">View posts in a larger, card format.</label>
 			</div>
 
 			<h2 class="h5 text-black">Frontpage Size</h2>