diff --git a/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp b/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
index 134fdf316ea1f5fe0ec0956f84cee6249d65859f..053d3c2230c0ef1284be3cb822b55f46b98dcc22 100644
--- a/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
@@ -454,10 +454,10 @@ void PulsarAnimationWidget::paintGL()
             font.setBold(true);
             font.setFamily("Arial");
             font.setStyleStrategy((QFont::StyleStrategy) (QFont::OpenGLCompatible | QFont::PreferQuality));
-            renderText(10, 40, -100, QString("Copyright %1 2017").arg(QChar(0x00A9)), font);
-            renderText(10, 25, -100, tr("O. Bock (UI/Graphics) and B. Allen (Physics)"), font);
-            renderText(10, 10, -100, tr("Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics"), font);
-
+            renderText(10, 40, -100, tr("B. Allen and O. Bock"), font);
+            renderText(10, 25, -100, tr("MPI for Gravitational Physics"), font);
+            renderText(10, 10, -100, QString("Copyright %1 2017").arg(QChar(0x00A9)), font);
+	    
             // restore original state
             glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
         }
diff --git a/src/pulsatingscience.cpp b/src/pulsatingscience.cpp
index 1e19ea53ef52338760b93f71c0b1f0878ee2cde5..7466884d4d12f1a29ae64d1eae2e203780d2153c 100644
--- a/src/pulsatingscience.cpp
+++ b/src/pulsatingscience.cpp
@@ -287,8 +287,8 @@ void PulsatingScience::on_actionAbout_triggered()
 
     content = content.arg(
                 tr("GW170817"),
-                tr("UI/Graphics"),
-                tr("Physics"),
+                tr("UI/Graphics Code"),
+                tr("Physics Code"),
                 tr("License"),
                 tr("Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics"));
 
diff --git a/src/pulsatingscience.ui b/src/pulsatingscience.ui
index dae7760bea71149c8d02ffeae4bd04d894fa4526..042047fb6ce29a58ed0207aa3ade858e19ab133f 100644
--- a/src/pulsatingscience.ui
+++ b/src/pulsatingscience.ui
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
        <item row="5" column="1">
         <widget class="QSlider" name="sliderSourceInclination">
          <property name="statusTip">
-          <string>Use this slider to adjust the inclination/polarization of the source plane (psi)</string>
+          <string>Use this slider to adjust the longitude (psi) of the binary system's orbital ascending node</string>
          </property>
          <property name="minimum">
           <number>0</number>
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
        <item row="3" column="1">
         <widget class="QSlider" name="sliderVirgoAngle">
          <property name="statusTip">
-          <string>Use this slider to adjust the orientation of Virgo</string>
+          <string>Use this slider to rotate Virgo away from its actual orientation. The meter on the far right shows the relative Virgo strain amplitude.</string>
          </property>
          <property name="maximum">
           <number>360</number>
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
        <item row="1" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
          <property name="text">
-          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;LIGO Livingston&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;LIGO Livingston Oreientation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
        <item row="0" column="1">
         <widget class="QSlider" name="sliderLHOAngle">
          <property name="statusTip">
-          <string>Use this slider to adjust the orientation of LHO</string>
+          <string>Use this slider to rotate LIGO Hanford (LHO) away from its actual orientation. The meter on the far right shows the relative LHO strain amplitude.</string>
          </property>
          <property name="minimum">
           <number>0</number>
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
        <item row="3" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_4">
          <property name="text">
-          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; color:#009900;&quot;&gt;Virgo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; color:#009900;&quot;&gt;Virgo Orientation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
@@ -331,14 +331,14 @@
        <item row="0" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_12">
          <property name="text">
-          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; color:#0000ff;&quot;&gt;LIGO Hanford&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; color:#0000ff;&quot;&gt;LIGO Hanford Orientation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item row="4" column="1">
         <widget class="QSlider" name="sliderSourceIota">
          <property name="statusTip">
-          <string>Use this slider to adjust the source plane normal (iota)</string>
+          <string>Use this slider to adjust the orbital plane inclination angle (iota) of the binary system</string>
          </property>
          <property name="minimum">
           <number>0</number>
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
        <item row="1" column="1">
         <widget class="QSlider" name="sliderLLOAngle">
          <property name="statusTip">
-          <string>Use this slider to adjust the orientation of LLO</string>
+          <string>Use this slider to rotate LIGO Livingston (LLO) away from its actual orientation. The meter on the far right shows the relative LLO strain amplitude.</string>
          </property>
          <property name="minimum">
           <number>0</number>