diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
index fc02ad7fae..94f392ae65 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ def _config(): # {{{
     c.add_opt('enforce_cpu_limit', default=True,
             help=_('Limit max simultaneous jobs to number of CPUs'))
     c.add_opt('gui_layout', choices=['wide', 'narrow'],
-            help=_('The layout of the user interface'), default='wide')
+            help=_('The layout of the user interface.\nWide has the '
+                'book details panel on the right and narrow has '
+                'it at the bottom.'), default='wide')
     c.add_opt('show_avg_rating', default=True,
             help=_('Show the average rating per item indication in the tag browser'))
     c.add_opt('disable_animations', default=False,
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.py b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.py
index b34c5e6042..c87cad7cad 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.py
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@ from PyQt4.Qt import (QApplication, QFont, QFontInfo, QFontDialog,
 
 from calibre.gui2.preferences import ConfigWidgetBase, test_widget, CommaSeparatedList
 from calibre.gui2.preferences.look_feel_ui import Ui_Form
-from calibre.gui2 import config, gprefs, qt_app
+from calibre.gui2 import config, gprefs, qt_app, NONE
 from calibre.utils.localization import (available_translations,
     get_language, get_lang)
 from calibre.utils.config import prefs
 from calibre.utils.icu import sort_key
-from calibre.gui2 import NONE
 from calibre.gui2.book_details import get_field_list
 from calibre.gui2.preferences.coloring import EditRules