diff --git a/grade/report/singleview/lang/en/gradereport_singleview.php b/grade/report/singleview/lang/en/gradereport_singleview.php
index 704268cce90..792cc909c84 100644
--- a/grade/report/singleview/lang/en/gradereport_singleview.php
+++ b/grade/report/singleview/lang/en/gradereport_singleview.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 // General Strings.
 $string['all_grades'] = 'All grades';
-$string['assessmentname'] = 'Assessment Name';
+$string['assessmentname'] = 'Grade item';
 $string['blanks'] = 'Empty grades';
 $string['bulkappliesto'] = 'For';
 $string['bulkinsertvalue'] = 'Insert value';
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ $string['bulkfor'] = 'Grades for {$a}';
 $string['exclude'] = 'Exclude';
 $string['excludeall'] = 'Exclude all grades';
 $string['excludefor'] = 'Exclude for {$a}';
-$string['excludenone'] = 'Exclude no grades';
+$string['excludenone'] = 'Do not exclude any grades';
 $string['eventgradereportviewed'] = 'Grade single view report viewed.';
 $string['feedbackfor'] = 'Feedback for {$a}';
 $string['filtergrades'] = 'Show grades for {$a}.';
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ $string['notvalid'] = 'Not a valid Single view screen: {$a}';
 $string['override'] = 'Override';
 $string['overrideall'] = 'Override all grades';
 $string['overridefor'] = 'Override for {$a}';
-$string['overridenone'] = 'Override no grades';
+$string['overridenone'] = 'Do not override any grades';
 $string['pluginname'] = 'Single view';
 $string['savegrades'] = 'Saving grades';
 $string['savegradessuccess'] = 'Grades were set for {$a} items';
diff --git a/lang/en/grades.php b/lang/en/grades.php
index 8633d7905a8..ce64984cc53 100644
--- a/lang/en/grades.php
+++ b/lang/en/grades.php
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ $string['showanalysisicon_help'] = 'If the activity module supports it, the grad
 $string['showaverage'] = 'Show average';
 $string['showaverage_help'] = 'Show the average column? Students may be able to estimate other student\'s grades if the average is calculated from a small number of grades. For performance reasons the average is approximate if it is dependent on any hidden items.';
 $string['showcontributiontocoursetotal'] = 'Show contribution to course total';
-$string['showcontributiontocoursetotal_help'] = 'Show an additional column containing the calculated contribution to the course total?';
+$string['showcontributiontocoursetotal_help'] = 'Whether to show a column of percentages indicating how much each grade item contributes to the user\'s course total percentage (after weighting is applied).';
 $string['showfeedback'] = 'Show feedback';
 $string['showfeedback_help'] = 'Show the feedback column?';
 $string['showgrade'] = 'Show grades';
diff --git a/lang/en/moodle.php b/lang/en/moodle.php
index 9d8ee545f95..cbcbbd3a232 100644
--- a/lang/en/moodle.php
+++ b/lang/en/moodle.php
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ $string['frontpagecourselist'] = 'List of courses';
 $string['frontpagecoursesearch'] = 'Course search box';
 $string['frontpageenrolledcourselist'] = 'Enrolled courses';
 $string['frontpagedescription'] = 'Front page summary';
-$string['frontpagedescriptionhelp'] = 'This summary can be displayed on the front page using the course/site summary block or by including a topic section on the front page.';
+$string['frontpagedescriptionhelp'] = 'This summary can be displayed on the front page using the course/site summary block.';
 $string['frontpageformat'] = 'Front page format';
 $string['frontpageformatloggedin'] = 'Front page format when logged in';
 $string['frontpagenews'] = 'News items';