diff --git a/app/views/admin/settings/edit.html.haml b/app/views/admin/settings/edit.html.haml
index 0e705f2054..7783dbfebb 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/settings/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/settings/edit.html.haml
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@
 
   - unless whitelist_mode?
     .fields-group
-      = f.input :activity_api_enabled, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label, label: t('admin.settings.activity_api_enabled.title'), hint: t('admin.settings.activity_api_enabled.desc_html')
+      = f.input :activity_api_enabled, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label, label: t('admin.settings.activity_api_enabled.title'), hint: t('admin.settings.activity_api_enabled.desc_html'), recommended: true
 
     .fields-group
-      = f.input :peers_api_enabled, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label, label: t('admin.settings.peers_api_enabled.title'), hint: t('admin.settings.peers_api_enabled.desc_html')
+      = f.input :peers_api_enabled, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label, label: t('admin.settings.peers_api_enabled.title'), hint: t('admin.settings.peers_api_enabled.desc_html'), recommended: true
 
     .fields-group
       = f.input :preview_sensitive_media, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label, label: t('admin.settings.preview_sensitive_media.title'), hint: t('admin.settings.preview_sensitive_media.desc_html')
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 88acf31645..3f3adc158a 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ en:
     settings:
       activity_api_enabled:
         desc_html: Counts of locally posted statuses, active users, and new registrations in weekly buckets
-        title: Publish aggregate statistics about user activity
+        title: Publish aggregate statistics about user activity in the API
       bootstrap_timeline_accounts:
         desc_html: Separate multiple usernames by comma. Only local and unlocked accounts will work. Default when empty is all local admins.
         title: Default follows for new users
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ en:
         title: Mascot image
       peers_api_enabled:
         desc_html: Domain names this server has encountered in the fediverse
-        title: Publish list of discovered servers
+        title: Publish list of discovered servers in the API
       preview_sensitive_media:
         desc_html: Link previews on other websites will display a thumbnail even if the media is marked as sensitive
         title: Show sensitive media in OpenGraph previews