diff --git a/addons/base_setup/res_config.py b/addons/base_setup/res_config.py
index dfe5d528fe2..e999cd4fd99 100644
--- a/addons/base_setup/res_config.py
+++ b/addons/base_setup/res_config.py
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ class base_config_settings(osv.osv_memory):
                 This installs the module multi_company."""),
         'module_share': fields.boolean('Allow documents sharing',
             help="""Share or embbed any screen of openerp."""),
-        'module_portal': fields.boolean('Activate the customer/supplier portal',
-            help="""Give access your customers and suppliers to their documents."""),
+        'module_portal': fields.boolean('Activate the customer portal',
+            help="""Give access your customers to their documents."""),
         'module_portal_anonymous': fields.boolean('Activate the public portal',
             help="""Enable the public part of openerp, openerp becomes a public website."""),
         'module_auth_oauth': fields.boolean('Use external authentication providers, sign in with google, facebook, ...'),
diff --git a/addons/base_setup/res_config_view.xml b/addons/base_setup/res_config_view.xml
index 80bc9bf6291..e32755683a4 100644
--- a/addons/base_setup/res_config_view.xml
+++ b/addons/base_setup/res_config_view.xml
@@ -44,10 +44,22 @@
                             <div>
                                 <field name="module_portal" class="oe_inline"/>
                                 <label for="module_portal"/>
+                                <p attrs="{'invisible': [('module_portal_anonymous','=',False)]}">
+                                    When you send a document to a customer
+                                    (quotation, invoice), you customer will be
+                                    able to signup to get all his documents,
+                                    read your company news, check his projects,
+                                    etc.
+                                </p>
                             </div>
                             <div>
                                 <field name="module_portal_anonymous" class="oe_inline"/>
-                                <label for="module_portal_anonymous"/>
+                                <label for="module_portal_anonymous"/> <span class="oe_grey">(company news, jobs, contact form, etc.)</span>
+                                <p attrs="{'invisible': [('module_portal_anonymous','=',False)]}">
+                                    The public portal is accessible only if you are in a single database mode. You can
+                                    launch the OpenERP Server with the option <b>--db-filter=YOUR_DATABAE</b> to do so.
+                                    Once activated, the login page will be replaced by the public website.
+                                </p>
                             </div>
                         </div>
                     </group>