diff --git a/src/gui/sdlmain.cpp b/src/gui/sdlmain.cpp
index 61a5b696..5471da00 100644
--- a/src/gui/sdlmain.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/sdlmain.cpp
@@ -2340,7 +2340,8 @@ void Config_Add_SDL() {
 	Prop_int* Pint;
 	Prop_multival* Pmulti;
 	Section_prop* Psection;
-	const Property::Changeable::Value always = Property::Changeable::Always;
+
+	constexpr auto always = Property::Changeable::Always;
 
 	Pbool = sdl_sec->Add_bool("fullscreen",Property::Changeable::Always,false);
 	Pbool->Set_help("Start dosbox directly in fullscreen. (Press ALT-Enter to go back)");
@@ -2353,9 +2354,10 @@ void Config_Add_SDL() {
 	Pstring->Set_help("What resolution to use for fullscreen: 'original', 'desktop' or\n"
 	                  "a fixed size (e.g. 1024x768).");
 
-	Pstring = sdl_sec->Add_string("windowresolution",Property::Changeable::Always,"original");
-	Pstring->Set_help("Scale the window to this size IF the output device supports hardware scaling.\n"
-	                  "(output=surface does not!)");
+	Pstring = sdl_sec->Add_string("windowresolution", always, "original");
+	Pstring->Set_help("Scale the window to this size. Value 'original' will resize\n"
+	                  "window to the resolution picked by the emulated program.\n"
+	                  "Not supported when 'output' is set to 'surface'.");
 
 	const char *outputs[] = {
 		"surface",