diff --git a/frontend/menu/backend/menu_common_backend.c b/frontend/menu/backend/menu_common_backend.c
index 1a8d86aef9..9385fd0621 100644
--- a/frontend/menu/backend/menu_common_backend.c
+++ b/frontend/menu/backend/menu_common_backend.c
@@ -641,9 +641,8 @@ static int menu_info_screen_iterate(unsigned action)
                );
          break;
       case MENU_SETTINGS_PER_CORE_CONFIG:
-         snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg),
-               " -- Load up a specific config file \n"
-               "based on the core being used.\n");
+         if ((current_setting = (rarch_setting_t*)setting_data_find_setting(setting_data, "core_specific_config")))
+            setting_data_get_description(current_setting, msg, sizeof(msg));
          break;
       case MENU_SETTINGS_VIDEO_WINDOW_SCALE_X:
       case MENU_SETTINGS_VIDEO_WINDOW_SCALE_Y:
diff --git a/settings_data.c b/settings_data.c
index cb76a8f0ef..198afb0f91 100644
--- a/settings_data.c
+++ b/settings_data.c
@@ -487,6 +487,11 @@ void setting_data_get_description(const void *data, char *msg, size_t sizeof_msg
                "manually isn't really an option."
 #endif
                );
+    else if (!strcmp(setting->name, "core_specific_config"))
+         snprintf(msg, sizeof_msg,
+               " -- Load up a specific config file \n"
+               "based on the core being used.\n");
+    
 }
 
 static void general_read_handler(const void *data)