diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/editor/section-editor/hui-section-settings-editor.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/editor/section-editor/hui-section-settings-editor.ts
index 949d57941b..7f9c176d04 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/editor/section-editor/hui-section-settings-editor.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/editor/section-editor/hui-section-settings-editor.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { LitElement, html } from "lit";
 import { customElement, property } from "lit/decorators";
 import memoizeOne from "memoize-one";
 import { fireEvent } from "../../../../common/dom/fire_event";
-import { LocalizeFunc } from "../../../../common/translations/localize";
 import {
   HaFormSchema,
   SchemaUnion,
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ export class HuiDialogEditSection extends LitElement {
   @property({ attribute: false }) public viewConfig!: LovelaceViewConfig;
 
   private _schema = memoizeOne(
-    (localize: LocalizeFunc, maxColumns: number) =>
+    (maxColumns: number) =>
       [
         {
           name: "title",
@@ -37,9 +36,6 @@ export class HuiDialogEditSection extends LitElement {
             number: {
               min: 1,
               max: maxColumns,
-              unit_of_measurement: localize(
-                `ui.panel.lovelace.editor.edit_section.settings.column_span_unit`
-              ),
             },
           },
         },
@@ -52,10 +48,7 @@ export class HuiDialogEditSection extends LitElement {
       column_span: this.config.column_span || 1,
     };
 
-    const schema = this._schema(
-      this.hass.localize,
-      this.viewConfig.max_columns || 4
-    );
+    const schema = this._schema(this.viewConfig.max_columns || 4);
 
     return html`
       <ha-form
diff --git a/src/translations/en.json b/src/translations/en.json
index 3abb52e284..a67ef7f98c 100644
--- a/src/translations/en.json
+++ b/src/translations/en.json
@@ -5549,7 +5549,7 @@
               "sections": "Sections (experimental)"
             },
             "subview": "Subview",
-            "max_columns": "Max number of columns",
+            "max_columns": "Max number of sections wide",
             "subview_helper": "Subviews don't appear in tabs and have a back button.",
             "edit_ui": "Edit in visual editor",
             "edit_yaml": "Edit in YAML",
@@ -5665,9 +5665,8 @@
             "settings": {
               "title": "Title",
               "title_helper": "The title will appear at the top of section. Leave empty to hide the title.",
-              "column_span": "Size",
-              "column_span_unit": "columns",
-              "column_span_helper": "The size may be smaller if less columns are displayed (e.g. on mobile devices)."
+              "column_span": "Width",
+              "column_span_helper": "Larger sections will be made smaller to fit the display. (e.g. on mobile devices)"
             },
             "visibility": {
               "explanation": "The section will be shown when ALL conditions below are fulfilled. If no conditions are set, the section will always be shown."