diff --git a/auth/db/lang/en/auth_db.php b/auth/db/lang/en/auth_db.php
index 76967ea926a..2f6be7df6d9 100644
--- a/auth/db/lang/en/auth_db.php
+++ b/auth/db/lang/en/auth_db.php
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ $string['auth_dbfieldpass'] = 'Name of the field containing passwords';
 $string['auth_dbfieldpass_key'] = 'Password field';
 $string['auth_dbfielduser'] = 'Name of the field containing usernames';
 $string['auth_dbfielduser_key'] = 'Username field';
-$string['auth_dbhost'] = 'The computer hosting the database server.';
+$string['auth_dbhost'] = 'The computer hosting the database server. Use a sysem DSN entry if using ODBC.';
 $string['auth_dbhost_key'] = 'Host';
 $string['auth_dbchangepasswordurl_key'] = 'Password-change URL';
 $string['auth_dbinsertuser'] = 'Inserted user {$a->name} id {$a->id}';
 $string['auth_dbinsertuserduplicate'] = 'Error inserting user {$a->username} - user with this username was already created through \'{$a->auth}\' plugin.';
 $string['auth_dbinsertusererror'] = 'Error inserting user {$a}';
-$string['auth_dbname'] = 'Name of the database itself';
+$string['auth_dbname'] = 'Name of the database itself. Leave empty if using an ODBC DSN.';
 $string['auth_dbname_key'] = 'DB name';
 $string['auth_dbpass'] = 'Password matching the above username';
 $string['auth_dbpass_key'] = 'Password';