diff --git a/builtin/settingtypes.txt b/builtin/settingtypes.txt
index 001ef42e07..53745f367d 100644
--- a/builtin/settingtypes.txt
+++ b/builtin/settingtypes.txt
@@ -2118,10 +2118,10 @@ font_bold (Font bold by default) bool false
 
 font_italic (Font italic by default) bool false
 
-#    Shadow offset (in pixels) of the default font. If 0, then shadow will not be drawn.
-font_shadow (Font shadow) int 1 0 65535
+#    Shadow offset (in pixels) for all fonts. If 0, then no shadow will be drawn.
+font_shadow (Font shadow) int 1 0 255
 
-#    Opaqueness (alpha) of the shadow behind the default font, between 0 and 255.
+#    Opaqueness (alpha) of the shadow behind the font.
 font_shadow_alpha (Font shadow alpha) int 127 0 255
 
 #    Font size of the default font where 1 unit = 1 pixel at 96 DPI
diff --git a/src/client/fontengine.cpp b/src/client/fontengine.cpp
index 66c15308cf..8d5f6d2285 100644
--- a/src/client/fontengine.cpp
+++ b/src/client/fontengine.cpp
@@ -270,9 +270,8 @@ gui::IGUIFont *FontEngine::initFont(FontSpec spec)
 
 	u16 font_shadow       = 0;
 	u16 font_shadow_alpha = 0;
-	g_settings->getU16NoEx(setting_prefix + "font_shadow", font_shadow);
-	g_settings->getU16NoEx(setting_prefix + "font_shadow_alpha",
-			font_shadow_alpha);
+	g_settings->getU16NoEx("font_shadow", font_shadow);
+	g_settings->getU16NoEx("font_shadow_alpha", font_shadow_alpha);
 
 	auto createFont = [&](gui::SGUITTFace *face) -> gui::CGUITTFont* {
 		auto *font = gui::CGUITTFont::createTTFont(m_env,