diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/src/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 0a22eb8848..7cdce5339f 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@
     <string name="emulate_bgr565">Emulate BGR565</string>
     <string name="emulate_bgr565_description">Fixes problems with inverted colors in games or strange artifacts or strange shadows.</string>
     <string name="rescale_hack">Enable Legacy Rescale Pass</string>
-    <string name="rescale_hack_description">Fixes Luigi Mansion 3 artifact lines.</string>
+    <string name="rescale_hack_description">Enables a legacy handling for the rescale configuration pass for games by using a quick rescale path</string>
     <string name="renderer_asynchronous_shaders">Use asynchronous shaders</string>
     <string name="renderer_asynchronous_shaders_description">Compiles shaders asynchronously. This may reduce stutters but may also introduce glitches.</string>
     <string name="gpu_unswizzle_settings">GPU Unswizzle Settings</string>
diff --git a/src/common/settings.h b/src/common/settings.h
index 9749a8df40..24cecb9d6f 100644
--- a/src/common/settings.h
+++ b/src/common/settings.h
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ struct Values {
     SwitchableSetting<bool> emulate_bgr565{linkage, false, "emulate_bgr565",
                                             Category::RendererHacks};
 
-    SwitchableSetting<bool> rescale_hack{linkage, false, "rescale_hack",
+    SwitchableSetting<bool> rescale_hack{linkage, true, "rescale_hack",
                                                      Category::RendererHacks};
 
     SwitchableSetting<bool> use_asynchronous_shaders{linkage, false, "use_asynchronous_shaders",