# Confusing wording for email notification settings

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusing-wording-for-email-notification-settings/116393>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [30 באפריל,‏ 2019,‏ 4:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusing-wording-for-email-notification-settings/116393 "2019-04-30T04:08:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![JonathanShaw](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jonathanshaw/32/532672_2.png) [@JonathanShaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JonathanShaw)\
**Post date:** [31 ביולי,‏ 2021,‏ 3:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusing-wording-for-email-notification-settings/116393/10 "2021-07-31T15:56:57Z")

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This confused me for a bit. The fact that watching is missing altogether from the email preferences text made me wonder if emails got sent at all for watching notifications.

Currently it says:  
“Send me an email when someone quotes me, replies to my post, mentions my @username, or invites me to a topic”

AFAICS it should say:  
“Send me an email when someone quotes me, replies to my post, mentions my @username, invites me to a topic, replies to a topic I’m watching, or starts a topic in a category or tag I’m watching.”

Maybe this could be shortened to:  
“Send me an email when someone quotes me, replies to me, mentions me, invites me, replies to a topic I’m watching, or starts a topic where I’m watching.”

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