diff --git a/src/ui/linechart/LinechartWidget.cc b/src/ui/linechart/LinechartWidget.cc
index 7c3c489596e61546ad17495eb80380ba4c69e52c..ae5981f0b7570ae7ddb553aa9f0e01d3185e4b44 100644
--- a/src/ui/linechart/LinechartWidget.cc
+++ b/src/ui/linechart/LinechartWidget.cc
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ void LinechartWidget::stopLogging()
         QMessageBox msgBox;
         msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Question);
         msgBox.setText(tr("Starting Log Compression"));
-        msgBox.setInformativeText(tr("Should empty fields be filled with the previous variable of the same variable? The compression might take some time.."));
+        msgBox.setInformativeText(tr("Should empty fields (e.g. due to packet drops) be filled with the previous value of the same variable (zero order hold)?"));
         msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Yes | QMessageBox::No);
         msgBox.setDefaultButton(QMessageBox::No);
         int ret = msgBox.exec();