diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/preferences.js b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/preferences.js
index 9a57734ce..f5e4ad1c3 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/preferences.js
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/preferences.js
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 var prefManager = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/preferences-service;1"]
                                 .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIPrefBranch);
-var whateverBox;
+var autoUpdateBox;
 
 /*
 	To add a new preference:
-		* modify defaults/prefs.js
-		* add a control to prefs.xul
-		* in this document:
-			1) add var above
-			2) add lines to init() function
-			3) add line to accept() function
+		1) modify defaults/preferences/scholar.js
+		2) in this document:
+			a) add var above
+			b) add lines to init() function
+			c) add line to accept() function
+		3) add a control to prefs.xul
 */
 
 function init()
 {	
-	whateverBox = document.getElementById('whateverBox');
-	whateverBox.checked = prefManager.getBoolPref('extensions.scholar.whatever');
+	autoUpdateBox = document.getElementById('autoUpdateBox');
+	autoUpdateBox.checked = prefManager.getBoolPref('extensions.scholar.automaticScraperUpdates');
 
 }
 
 function accept()
 {
-	prefManager.setBoolPref('extensions.scholar.whatever', whateverBox.checked);
+	prefManager.setBoolPref('extensions.scholar.automaticScraperUpdates', autoUpdateBox.checked);
 }
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diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/preferences.xul b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/preferences.xul
index 7e66407c8..9d01e1b24 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/preferences.xul
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/preferences.xul
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 <dialogheader id="header" title="&scholar.name;" description="&scholar.preferences.title;"/>
 
-<checkbox id="whateverBox" label="Whatever!"/>
+<checkbox id="autoUpdateBox" label="Automatically check for updated scrapers"/>
 
 
 </dialog>
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diff --git a/defaults/preferences/scholar.js b/defaults/preferences/scholar.js
index a2b65ed87..37d114ba6 100644
--- a/defaults/preferences/scholar.js
+++ b/defaults/preferences/scholar.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 // These are DEFAULT prefs for the INSTALL. You will have to reinstall the extension to see differences!
 
 // Display internal shortcut
-pref("extensions.scholar.whatever", false);
+pref("extensions.scholar.automaticScraperUpdates",true);
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