diff --git a/res/values/strings.xml b/res/values/strings.xml
index 46864c2a8ad..e707dc9afc3 100644
--- a/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -12801,6 +12801,8 @@
     <!-- Alert Dialog text when user didn't input the phone number [CHAR LIMIT=50]-->
     <string name="smart_forwarding_missing_alert_dialog_text">OK</string>
 
-    <!-- Enable 2G: Title for if user wants to enable 2G [CHAR LIMIT=40] -->
+    <!-- Title for toggle if user wants to enable 2G [CHAR LIMIT=40] -->
     <string name="enable_2g_title">Allow 2G</string>
+    <!-- Title for toggle if user wants to enable 2G [CHAR LIMIT=NONE] -->
+    <string name="enable_2g_summary">Use 2G cellular connections. For emergency calls, 2G is always turned on.</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/res/xml/mobile_network_settings.xml b/res/xml/mobile_network_settings.xml
index 86f5a834f3b..7ab98930cc8 100644
--- a/res/xml/mobile_network_settings.xml
+++ b/res/xml/mobile_network_settings.xml
@@ -258,5 +258,6 @@
     <SwitchPreference
         android:key="enable_2g"
         android:title="@string/enable_2g_title"
+        android:summary="@string/enable_2g_summary"
         settings:controller="com.android.settings.network.telephony.Enable2gPreferenceController" />
 </PreferenceScreen>