diff --git a/desktop_version/lang/en/strings.xml b/desktop_version/lang/en/strings.xml
index d7337114..31df69ec 100644
--- a/desktop_version/lang/en/strings.xml
+++ b/desktop_version/lang/en/strings.xml
@@ -437,7 +437,8 @@
     <string english="- Press {button} to advance text -" translation="" explanation="to dismiss a textbox. Expect `ACTION`" max="40"/>
     <string english="Press ACTION to continue" translation="" explanation="***OUTDATED***" max="34"/>
     <string english="Press {button} to continue" translation="" explanation="Expect `ACTION`" max="34"/>
-    <string english="[Press {button} to toggle gameplay]" translation="" explanation="Tab toggles whether the game is paused or not" max="39"/>
+    <string english="[Press {button} to unfreeze gameplay]" translation="" explanation="in level debugger: {button} makes everything start moving as normal. Limit is treacherous, expect TAB for {button}. Frozen is the initial state, so this is the first string of the two that users will see!" max="39"/>
+    <string english="[Press {button} to freeze gameplay]" translation="" explanation="in level debugger: {button} makes everything stop moving. Limit is treacherous, expect TAB for {button}." max="39"/>
     <string english="Current Time" translation="" explanation="super gravitron, stopwatch time" max="20"/>
     <string english="Best Time" translation="" explanation="super gravitron, best stopwatch time" max="20"/>
     <string english="Next Trophy at 5 seconds" translation="" explanation="" max="38*2"/>
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/LevelDebugger.cpp b/desktop_version/src/LevelDebugger.cpp
index 9b29a8da..b0f64810 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/LevelDebugger.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/LevelDebugger.cpp
@@ -445,10 +445,19 @@ namespace level_debugger
             }
         }
 
+        const char* text;
+        if (should_pause)
+        {
+            text = loc::gettext("[Press {button} to unfreeze gameplay]");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            text = loc::gettext("[Press {button} to freeze gameplay]");
+        }
         char buffer[SCREEN_WIDTH_CHARS + 1];
         vformat_buf(
             buffer, sizeof(buffer),
-            loc::gettext("[Press {button} to toggle gameplay]"),
+            text,
             "button:str",
             "TAB"
         );