diff --git a/mod/quiz/lang/en/quiz.php b/mod/quiz/lang/en/quiz.php
index 1c1ccf54230..7c902dbd95e 100644
--- a/mod/quiz/lang/en/quiz.php
+++ b/mod/quiz/lang/en/quiz.php
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ $string['attemptstate'] = 'State';
 $string['attemptstillinprogress'] = 'Attempt still in progress';
 $string['attemptsunlimited'] = 'Unlimited attempts';
 $string['autosaveperiod'] = 'Auto-save period';
-$string['autosaveperiod_desc'] = 'If you turn on this option, then the students will be automatically saved during quiz attempts. The trade-off here is that doing this will increase the load on your server, but it makes it much less likely that students will lose their work.';
+$string['autosaveperiod_desc'] = 'Students\' responses can be saved automatically every few minutes during quiz attempts. This involves a trade-off: saving the responses increases the server load, but reduces the chance that students lose their work.';
 $string['back'] = 'Back to preview question';
 $string['backtocourse'] = 'Back to the course';
 $string['backtoquestionlist'] = 'Back to question list';