diff --git a/addons/account/i18n/account.pot b/addons/account/i18n/account.pot
index 8235b3b01ab..7e9db1039a8 100644
--- a/addons/account/i18n/account.pot
+++ b/addons/account/i18n/account.pot
@@ -539,7 +539,9 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #. module: account
 #: model_terms:ir.ui.view,arch_db:account.res_config_settings_view_form
-msgid "<span class=\"o_form_label\">Post Payments and Money Transfers in:</span>"
+msgid ""
+"<span class=\"o_form_label\">The following default accounts are used with "
+"certain features.</span>"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. module: account
@@ -1376,17 +1378,23 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #. module: account
 #: model:ir.model.fields,help:account.field_res_config_settings__account_journal_payment_debit_account_id
-msgid "Account used as automatic counterpart account to payments received"
+msgid ""
+"Incoming payments are posted on an Outstanding Receipts Account. In the bank reconciliation widget, they appear as blue lines.\n"
+"Bank transactions are then reconciled on the Outstanding Receipts Accounts rather than the Receivable Account."
 msgstr ""
 
 #. module: account
 #: model:ir.model.fields,help:account.field_res_config_settings__account_journal_payment_credit_account_id
-msgid "Account used as automatic counterpart account to payments sent"
+msgid ""
+"Outgoing Payments are posted on an Outstanding Payments Account. In the bank reconciliation widget, they appear as blue lines.\n"
+"Bank transactions are then reconciled on the Outstanding Payments Account rather the Payable Account."
 msgstr ""
 
 #. module: account
 #: model:ir.model.fields,help:account.field_res_config_settings__account_journal_suspense_account_id
-msgid "Account used as automatic counterpart to bank/cash transactions"
+msgid ""
+"Bank Transactions are posted immediately after import or synchronization. Their counterparty is the bank suspense account.\n"
+"Reconciliation replaces the latter by the definitive account(s)."
 msgstr ""
 
 #. module: account
@@ -2595,6 +2603,7 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #. module: account
 #: code:addons/account/models/chart_template.py:0
+#: model:ir.model.fields,field_description:account.field_res_config_settings__account_journal_suspense_account_id
 #, python-format
 msgid "Bank Suspense Account"
 msgstr ""
@@ -6393,8 +6402,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #. module: account
 #: model:ir.model.fields,help:account.field_res_config_settings__transfer_account_id
 msgid ""
-"Intermediary account used to transfer money from one bank/cash account to "
-"another bank/cash account"
+"Intermediary account used when moving from a liquidity account to another."
 msgstr ""
 
 #. module: account
@@ -11297,7 +11305,6 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #. module: account
 #: model:ir.model.fields,field_description:account.field_account_journal__suspense_account_id
-#: model:ir.model.fields,field_description:account.field_res_config_settings__account_journal_suspense_account_id
 msgid "Suspense Account"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/addons/account/models/res_config_settings.py b/addons/account/models/res_config_settings.py
index 11e41b2faa5..f453da0e86d 100644
--- a/addons/account/models/res_config_settings.py
+++ b/addons/account/models/res_config_settings.py
@@ -40,29 +40,36 @@ class ResConfigSettings(models.TransientModel):
         related='company_id.tax_calculation_rounding_method', string='Tax calculation rounding method', readonly=False)
     account_journal_suspense_account_id = fields.Many2one(
         comodel_name='account.account',
-        string='Suspense Account',
+        string='Bank Suspense Account',
         readonly=False,
         related='company_id.account_journal_suspense_account_id',
         domain=lambda self: "[('deprecated', '=', False), ('company_id', '=', company_id), ('user_type_id.type', 'not in', ('receivable', 'payable')), ('user_type_id', '=', %s)]" % self.env.ref('account.data_account_type_current_liabilities').id,
-        help='Account used as automatic counterpart to bank/cash transactions')
+        help='Bank Transactions are posted immediately after import or synchronization. '
+             'Their counterparty is the bank suspense account.\n'
+             'Reconciliation replaces the latter by the definitive account(s).')
     account_journal_payment_debit_account_id = fields.Many2one(
         comodel_name='account.account',
         string='Outstanding Receipts Account',
         readonly=False,
         related='company_id.account_journal_payment_debit_account_id',
         domain=lambda self: "[('deprecated', '=', False), ('company_id', '=', company_id), ('user_type_id.type', 'not in', ('receivable', 'payable')), ('user_type_id', '=', %s)]" % self.env.ref('account.data_account_type_current_assets').id,
-        help='Account used as automatic counterpart account to payments received')
+        help='Incoming payments are posted on an Outstanding Receipts Account. '
+             'In the bank reconciliation widget, they appear as blue lines.\n'
+             'Bank transactions are then reconciled on the Outstanding Receipts Accounts rather than the Receivable '
+             'Account.')
     account_journal_payment_credit_account_id = fields.Many2one(
         comodel_name='account.account',
         string='Outstanding Payments Account',
         readonly=False,
         related='company_id.account_journal_payment_credit_account_id',
         domain=lambda self: "[('deprecated', '=', False), ('company_id', '=', company_id), ('user_type_id.type', 'not in', ('receivable', 'payable')), ('user_type_id', '=', %s)]" % self.env.ref('account.data_account_type_current_assets').id,
-        help='Account used as automatic counterpart account to payments sent')
+        help='Outgoing Payments are posted on an Outstanding Payments Account. '
+             'In the bank reconciliation widget, they appear as blue lines.\n'
+             'Bank transactions are then reconciled on the Outstanding Payments Account rather the Payable Account.')
     transfer_account_id = fields.Many2one('account.account', string="Internal Transfer Account",
         related='company_id.transfer_account_id', readonly=False,
         domain=lambda self: [('reconcile', '=', True), ('user_type_id.id', '=', self.env.ref('account.data_account_type_current_assets').id)],
-        help="Intermediary account used to transfer money from one bank/cash account to another bank/cash account")
+        help="Intermediary account used when moving from a liquidity account to another.")
     module_account_accountant = fields.Boolean(string='Accounting')
     group_analytic_accounting = fields.Boolean(string='Analytic Accounting',
         implied_group='analytic.group_analytic_accounting')
diff --git a/addons/account/views/res_config_settings_views.xml b/addons/account/views/res_config_settings_views.xml
index 94adb60b6ad..f2f24316ca0 100644
--- a/addons/account/views/res_config_settings_views.xml
+++ b/addons/account/views/res_config_settings_views.xml
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
                                 <div class="col-12 col-lg-6 o_setting_box">
                                     <div class="o_setting_left_panel"></div>
                                     <div class="o_setting_right_pane">
-                                        <span class="o_form_label">Post Payments and Money Transfers in:</span>
+                                        <span class="o_form_label">The following default accounts are used with certain features.</span>
                                         <div class="content-group">
                                             <div class="row mt8">
                                                 <label for="account_journal_suspense_account_id" class="col-lg-5 o_light_label"/>