diff --git a/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts b/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts
index d47f191..0d3298a 100644
--- a/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts
+++ b/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts
@@ -846,12 +846,14 @@ const de: Messages = {
     cellMargins: 'Zellenränder',
     altText: 'Alternativtext',
     altTextHint: 'Das Bild beschreiben',
+    // Keyed by the mode id, which names the shape: the ribbon is the look users
+    // know as classic, the floating island the modern one.
     chrome: {
       title: 'Symbolleisten-Stil',
-      ribbon: 'Menüband',
+      ribbon: 'Klassisch',
       ribbonHint: 'Mit Registerkarten, wie in Word',
-      classic: 'Klassisch',
-      classicHint: 'Die schwebende Symbolleiste',
+      classic: 'Modern (beta)',
+      classicHint: 'Eine schwebende Symbolleiste',
     },
   },
   app: {
diff --git a/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts b/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts
index a2bff9b..9c6bb29 100644
--- a/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts
+++ b/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts
@@ -850,12 +850,14 @@ const en = {
     cellMargins: 'Cell margins',
     altText: 'Alt text',
     altTextHint: 'Describe the image',
+    // Keyed by the mode id, which names the shape: the ribbon is the look users
+    // know as classic, the floating island the modern one.
     chrome: {
       title: 'Toolbar style',
-      ribbon: 'Ribbon',
+      ribbon: 'Classic',
       ribbonHint: 'Tabbed, like Word',
-      classic: 'Classic',
-      classicHint: 'The floating toolbar',
+      classic: 'Modern (beta)',
+      classicHint: 'One floating toolbar',
     },
   },
   app: {