diff --git a/course/migrations/0078_help_tweak.py b/course/migrations/0078_help_tweak.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..40c2fdaf404c7c154a0a562b14abc67be1f12891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/course/migrations/0078_help_tweak.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.9 on 2016-01-11 21:50
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('course', '0077_various_model_updates'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='userstatus',
+            name='editor_mode',
+            field=models.CharField(choices=[(b'default', 'Default'), (b'sublime', b'Sublime text'), (b'emacs', b'Emacs'), (b'vim', b'Vim')], default=b'default', help_text="Which key bindings you prefer when editing larger amounts of text or code. (If you do not understand what this means, leave it as 'Default'.)", max_length=20, verbose_name='Editor mode'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/course/models.py b/course/models.py
index 66bcad49c1d8ddc65feea7f2e9a3bb7368751f2b..69c16dfc8a5c8a1d34fee681b07120e839405dfe 100644
--- a/course/models.py
+++ b/course/models.py
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ class UserStatus(models.Model):
             verbose_name=_('Key time'))
 
     editor_mode = models.CharField(max_length=20,
-            help_text=_("Your favorite text editor mode for text "
-                        "block or code block."),
+            help_text=_("Which key bindings you prefer when editing "
+                        "larger amounts of text or code. "
+                        "(If you do not understand what this means, "
+                        "leave it as 'Default'.)"),
             choices=(
                 ("default", _("Default")),
                 ("sublime", "Sublime text"),