diff --git a/resources/definitions/fdmprinter.def.json b/resources/definitions/fdmprinter.def.json
index 8db96bb843..185b1836bf 100755
--- a/resources/definitions/fdmprinter.def.json
+++ b/resources/definitions/fdmprinter.def.json
@@ -2792,8 +2792,8 @@
             {
                 "support_enable":
                 {
-                    "label": "Enable Support",
-                    "description": "Enable support structures. These structures support parts of the model with severe overhangs.",
+                    "label": "Generate Support",
+                    "description": "Generate structures to support parts of the model which have overhangs. Without these structures, such parts would collapse during printing.",
                     "type": "bool",
                     "default_value": false,
                     "settable_per_mesh": true,
diff --git a/resources/qml/SidebarSimple.qml b/resources/qml/SidebarSimple.qml
index 424c1239af..21abe1b4bb 100644
--- a/resources/qml/SidebarSimple.qml
+++ b/resources/qml/SidebarSimple.qml
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ Item
             anchors.leftMargin: UM.Theme.getSize("default_margin").width
             anchors.verticalCenter: enableSupportCheckBox.verticalCenter
             width: parent.width * .45 - 3 * UM.Theme.getSize("default_margin").width
-            text: catalog.i18nc("@label", "Enable Support");
+            text: catalog.i18nc("@label", "Generate Support");
             font: UM.Theme.getFont("default");
             color: UM.Theme.getColor("text");
         }
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ Item
                 onEntered:
                 {
                     base.showTooltip(enableSupportCheckBox, Qt.point(-enableSupportCheckBox.x, 0),
-                        catalog.i18nc("@label", "Enable support structures. These structures support parts of the model with severe overhangs."));
+                        catalog.i18nc("@label", "Generate structures to support parts of the model which have overhangs. Without these structures, such parts would collapse during printing."));
                 }
                 onExited:
                 {