diff --git a/frontend/src/locales/de.json b/frontend/src/locales/de.json
index afde3e2c6..3638def48 100644
--- a/frontend/src/locales/de.json
+++ b/frontend/src/locales/de.json
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
       "first": "Vorname",
       "first-tooltip": "Nur der Vornamen",
       "first-initial": "Vorname und Initial",
-      "first-initial-tooltip": "Vornamen plus die ersten beiden Anfangsbuchstabe des Nachnamens",
+      "first-initial-tooltip": "Vornamen plus den ersten Anfangsbuchstaben des Nachnamens",
       "initials": "Initialen",
       "initials-tooltip": "Initialen von Vor- und Nachname also jeweils die ersten zwei Buchstaben unabhängig von der Existenz des Benutzernamens",
       "name-full": "Vorname und Nachname",
diff --git a/frontend/src/locales/en.json b/frontend/src/locales/en.json
index daeaa59a4..7cefaa2f9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/locales/en.json
+++ b/frontend/src/locales/en.json
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
       "first": "Firstname",
       "first-tooltip": "the first name only",
       "first-initial": "First name and initial",
-      "first-initial-tooltip": "first name plus the first two initial letters of the last name",
+      "first-initial-tooltip": "first name plus the first letter of the last name",
       "initials": "Initials",
       "initials-tooltip": "Initials of first name and last name, i.e. the first two letters of each regardless of the existence of the user name",
       "name-full": "first name and last name",