diff --git a/minetest.conf.example b/minetest.conf.example
index 209dc03e0..42ffecde3 100644
--- a/minetest.conf.example
+++ b/minetest.conf.example
@@ -324,17 +324,17 @@
 
 ### Filtering and Antialiasing
 
-#    Use mipmaps when scaling textures down. May slightly increase performance,
+#    Use mipmaps when scaling textures. May slightly increase performance,
 #    especially when using a high-resolution texture pack.
 #    Gamma-correct downscaling is not supported.
 #    type: bool
 # mip_map = false
 
-#    Use bilinear filtering when scaling textures down.
+#    Use bilinear filtering when scaling textures.
 #    type: bool
 # bilinear_filter = false
 
-#    Use trilinear filtering when scaling textures down.
+#    Use trilinear filtering when scaling textures.
 #    If both bilinear and trilinear filtering are enabled, trilinear filtering
 #    is applied.
 #    type: bool
@@ -2731,7 +2731,14 @@
 #    type: enum values: disable, enable, force
 # autoscale_mode = disable
 
-#    The base node texture size used for world-aligned texture autoscaling.
+#    When using bilinear/trilinear/anisotropic filters, low-resolution textures
+#    can be blurred, so automatically upscale them with nearest-neighbor
+#    interpolation to preserve crisp pixels. This sets the minimum texture size
+#    for the upscaled textures; higher values look sharper, but require more
+#    memory. Powers of 2 are recommended. This setting is ONLY applied if
+#    bilinear/trilinear/anisotropic filtering is enabled.
+#    This is also used as the base node texture size for world-aligned
+#    texture autoscaling.
 #    type: int min: 1 max: 32768
 # texture_min_size = 64
 
diff --git a/src/settings_translation_file.cpp b/src/settings_translation_file.cpp
index 012cff517..adcac066b 100644
--- a/src/settings_translation_file.cpp
+++ b/src/settings_translation_file.cpp
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ fake_function() {
 	gettext("Use 3D cloud look instead of flat.");
 	gettext("Filtering and Antialiasing");
 	gettext("Mipmapping");
-	gettext("Use mipmaps when scaling textures down. May slightly increase performance,\nespecially when using a high-resolution texture pack.\nGamma-correct downscaling is not supported.");
+	gettext("Use mipmaps when scaling textures. May slightly increase performance,\nespecially when using a high-resolution texture pack.\nGamma-correct downscaling is not supported.");
 	gettext("Bilinear filtering");
-	gettext("Use bilinear filtering when scaling textures down.");
+	gettext("Use bilinear filtering when scaling textures.");
 	gettext("Trilinear filtering");
-	gettext("Use trilinear filtering when scaling textures down.\nIf both bilinear and trilinear filtering are enabled, trilinear filtering\nis applied.");
+	gettext("Use trilinear filtering when scaling textures.\nIf both bilinear and trilinear filtering are enabled, trilinear filtering\nis applied.");
 	gettext("Anisotropic filtering");
 	gettext("Use anisotropic filtering when looking at textures from an angle.");
 	gettext("Antialiasing method");
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ fake_function() {
 	gettext("Autoscaling mode");
 	gettext("World-aligned textures may be scaled to span several nodes. However,\nthe server may not send the scale you want, especially if you use\na specially-designed texture pack; with this option, the client tries\nto determine the scale automatically basing on the texture size.\nSee also texture_min_size.\nWarning: This option is EXPERIMENTAL!");
 	gettext("Base texture size");
-	gettext("The base node texture size used for world-aligned texture autoscaling.");
+	gettext("When using bilinear/trilinear/anisotropic filters, low-resolution textures\ncan be blurred, so automatically upscale them with nearest-neighbor\ninterpolation to preserve crisp pixels. This sets the minimum texture size\nfor the upscaled textures; higher values look sharper, but require more\nmemory. Powers of 2 are recommended. This setting is ONLY applied if\nbilinear/trilinear/anisotropic filtering is enabled.\nThis is also used as the base node texture size for world-aligned\ntexture autoscaling.");
 	gettext("Client Mesh Chunksize");
 	gettext("Side length of a cube of map blocks that the client will consider together\nwhen generating meshes.\nLarger values increase the utilization of the GPU by reducing the number of\ndraw calls, benefiting especially high-end GPUs.\nSystems with a low-end GPU (or no GPU) would benefit from smaller values.");
 	gettext("Font");