diff --git a/src/PlanView/SimpleItemEditor.qml b/src/PlanView/SimpleItemEditor.qml
index 7bbe3b8e45d17c6c309df828e982d7cb4a29c569..be5f0659955ade1daa21308a9c5f29980da6a784 100644
--- a/src/PlanView/SimpleItemEditor.qml
+++ b/src/PlanView/SimpleItemEditor.qml
@@ -112,13 +112,13 @@ Rectangle {
                         readonly property string    helpText:       qsTr("Relative to home altitude")
 					}
                     QGCRadioButton {
-                        text:           qsTr("Abs")
+                        text:           qsTr("AMSL")
                         exclusiveGroup: altRadios
                         checked:        missionItem.altitudeMode === altModeValue
                         visible:        QGroundControl.corePlugin.options.showMissionAbsoluteAltitude || missionItem.altitudeMode === altModeValue
 
                         readonly property int       altModeValue:   _altModeAbsolute
-                        readonly property string    helpText:       qsTr("Absolute WGS84")
+                        readonly property string    helpText:       qsTr("Above Mean Sea Level")
                     }
                     QGCRadioButton {
                         text:           qsTr("AGL")
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Rectangle {
                         checked:        missionItem.altitudeMode === altModeValue
 
                         readonly property int   altModeValue: _altModeAboveTerrain
-                        property string         helpText:     qsTr("Calculated from terrain data\nAbs Alt ") + missionItem.amslAltAboveTerrain.valueString + " " + missionItem.amslAltAboveTerrain.units
+                        property string         helpText:     qsTr("Calculated from terrain data\nAMSL Alt ") + missionItem.amslAltAboveTerrain.valueString + " " + missionItem.amslAltAboveTerrain.units
                     }
                     QGCRadioButton {
                         text:           qsTr("TerrF")
diff --git a/src/Vehicle/VehicleFact.json b/src/Vehicle/VehicleFact.json
index 7adda5a1b68501d00109f7e6e582dc1d7d379318..07233e5e30e43fe51c0bcb46b2037afbeadfde81 100644
--- a/src/Vehicle/VehicleFact.json
+++ b/src/Vehicle/VehicleFact.json
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@
 },
 {
     "name":             "altitudeRelative",
-    "shortDescription": "Altitude-rel",
+    "shortDescription": "Alt (Rel)",
     "type":             "double",
     "decimalPlaces":    1,
     "units":            "m"
 },
 {
     "name":             "altitudeAMSL",
-    "shortDescription": "Altitude",
+    "shortDescription": "Alt (AMSL)",
     "type":             "double",
     "decimalPlaces":    1,
     "units":            "m"