diff --git a/resources/qml/Settings/SettingCategory.qml b/resources/qml/Settings/SettingCategory.qml
index b4c0263149..455ef3d3e1 100644
--- a/resources/qml/Settings/SettingCategory.qml
+++ b/resources/qml/Settings/SettingCategory.qml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Button {
 
     style: UM.Theme.styles.sidebar_category;
 
-    signal showTooltip();
+    signal showTooltip(string text);
     signal hideTooltip();
     signal contextMenuRequested()
 
@@ -69,11 +69,13 @@ Button {
         iconSource: UM.Theme.getIcon("notice")
 
         onEntered: {
-            base.showTooltip()
+            base.showTooltip(catalog.i18nc("@label", "This setting is normally calculated, but it currently has an absolute value set.\n\nClick to restore the calculated value."))
         }
 
         onExited: {
             base.hideTooltip();
         }
+
+        UM.I18nCatalog { id: catalog; name: "cura" }
     }
 }
diff --git a/resources/qml/Settings/SettingItem.qml b/resources/qml/Settings/SettingItem.qml
index 845f35853e..e8c3b0b7bb 100644
--- a/resources/qml/Settings/SettingItem.qml
+++ b/resources/qml/Settings/SettingItem.qml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Item {
     property alias contents: controlContainer.children
 
     signal contextMenuRequested()
-    signal showTooltip(var position);
+    signal showTooltip(string text);
     signal hideTooltip();
 
     MouseArea 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Item {
             interval: 500;
             repeat: false;
 
-            onTriggered: base.showTooltip({ x: mouse.mouseX, y: mouse.mouseY });
+            onTriggered: base.showTooltip(definition.description);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/resources/qml/Settings/SettingView.qml b/resources/qml/Settings/SettingView.qml
index 92f228a9d8..6d0944e1be 100644
--- a/resources/qml/Settings/SettingView.qml
+++ b/resources/qml/Settings/SettingView.qml
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ ScrollView
             {
                 target: item
                 onContextMenuRequested: { contextMenu.key = model.key; contextMenu.popup() }
-                onShowTooltip: base.showTooltip(delegate, position, model.description)
+                onShowTooltip: base.showTooltip(delegate, { x: 0, y: delegate.height / 2 }, text)
+                onHideTooltip: base.hideTooltip()
             }
         }