diff --git a/Cotabby/UI/Settings/Panes/AboutPaneView.swift b/Cotabby/UI/Settings/Panes/AboutPaneView.swift
index 9f4d580c..cf4a9ede 100644
--- a/Cotabby/UI/Settings/Panes/AboutPaneView.swift
+++ b/Cotabby/UI/Settings/Panes/AboutPaneView.swift
@@ -64,10 +64,20 @@ struct AboutPaneView: View {
                 .tint(.blue)
             }
         } label: {
-            Text(
-                "Cotabby is free and open source, maintained by two university students in our free time. "
-                + "If it's useful to you, please consider supporting development."
-            )
+            VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 8) {
+                Text(
+                    "Cotabby started from a simple belief: AI should run on your device, respect your privacy, "
+                    + "and remain open to everyone. That's why Cotabby is open source, local-first, and built "
+                    + "to give users full control over their own hardware and data."
+                )
+
+                Text(
+                    "We're building Cotabby in our spare time, one release at a time. Every feature, bug fix, "
+                    + "and support reply takes real time and care from two university students trying to keep "
+                    + "this project alive. If Cotabby has been useful to you, please consider supporting our "
+                    + "mission."
+                )
+            }
             .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
             .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
         }