diff --git a/frigate/config/config.py b/frigate/config/config.py
index a7fec0446..d1b037509 100644
--- a/frigate/config/config.py
+++ b/frigate/config/config.py
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ class FrigateConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
     live: CameraLiveConfig = Field(
         default_factory=CameraLiveConfig,
         title="Live playback",
-        description="Settings used by the Web UI to control live stream resolution and quality.",
+        description="Settings to control the jsmpeg live stream resolution and quality. This does not affect restreamed cameras that use go2rtc for live view.",
     )
     motion: Optional[MotionConfig] = Field(
         default=None,
diff --git a/web/public/locales/en/config/global.json b/web/public/locales/en/config/global.json
index e653818fa..7ca564ee6 100644
--- a/web/public/locales/en/config/global.json
+++ b/web/public/locales/en/config/global.json
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@
   },
   "live": {
     "label": "Live playback",
-    "description": "Settings used by the Web UI to control live stream resolution and quality.",
+    "description": "Settings to control the jsmpeg live stream resolution and quality. This does not affect restreamed cameras that use go2rtc for live view.",
     "streams": {
       "label": "Live stream names",
       "description": "Mapping of configured stream names to restream/go2rtc names used for live playback."