diff --git a/editor/editor_node.cpp b/editor/editor_node.cpp
index 9cb8cf35fd..2e3519ed63 100644
--- a/editor/editor_node.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_node.cpp
@@ -5766,6 +5766,8 @@ EditorNode::EditorNode() {
 		switch (display_scale) {
 			case 0: {
 				// Try applying a suitable display scale automatically.
+				// The code below is adapted in `editor/editor_settings.cpp` and `editor/project_manager.cpp`.
+				// Make sure to update those when modifying the code below.
 #ifdef OSX_ENABLED
 				editor_set_scale(OS::get_singleton()->get_screen_max_scale());
 #else
diff --git a/editor/editor_settings.cpp b/editor/editor_settings.cpp
index 1c61da7b21..033a8e62ba 100644
--- a/editor/editor_settings.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_settings.cpp
@@ -317,7 +317,26 @@ void EditorSettings::_load_defaults(Ref<ConfigFile> p_extra_config) {
 
 	// Editor
 	_initial_set("interface/editor/display_scale", 0);
-	hints["interface/editor/display_scale"] = PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "interface/editor/display_scale", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "Auto,75%,100%,125%,150%,175%,200%,Custom", PROPERTY_USAGE_DEFAULT | PROPERTY_USAGE_RESTART_IF_CHANGED);
+	// Display what the Auto display scale setting effectively corresponds to.
+	// The code below is adapted in `editor/editor_node.cpp` and `editor/project_manager.cpp`.
+	// Make sure to update those when modifying the code below.
+#ifdef OSX_ENABLED
+	float scale = OS::get_singleton()->get_screen_max_scale();
+#else
+	const int screen = OS::get_singleton()->get_current_screen();
+	float scale;
+	if (OS::get_singleton()->get_screen_dpi(screen) >= 192 && OS::get_singleton()->get_screen_size(screen).y >= 1400) {
+		// hiDPI display.
+		scale = 2.0;
+	} else if (OS::get_singleton()->get_screen_size(screen).y <= 800) {
+		// Small loDPI display. Use a smaller display scale so that editor elements fit more easily.
+		// Icons won't look great, but this is better than having editor elements overflow from its window.
+		scale = 0.75;
+	} else {
+		scale = 1.0;
+	}
+#endif
+	hints["interface/editor/display_scale"] = PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "interface/editor/display_scale", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, vformat("Auto (%d%%),75%%,100%%,125%%,150%%,175%%,200%%,Custom", Math::round(scale * 100)), PROPERTY_USAGE_DEFAULT | PROPERTY_USAGE_RESTART_IF_CHANGED);
 	_initial_set("interface/editor/custom_display_scale", 1.0f);
 	hints["interface/editor/custom_display_scale"] = PropertyInfo(Variant::REAL, "interface/editor/custom_display_scale", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "0.5,3,0.01", PROPERTY_USAGE_DEFAULT | PROPERTY_USAGE_RESTART_IF_CHANGED);
 	_initial_set("interface/editor/main_font_size", 14);
@@ -326,7 +345,11 @@ void EditorSettings::_load_defaults(Ref<ConfigFile> p_extra_config) {
 	hints["interface/editor/code_font_size"] = PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "interface/editor/code_font_size", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "8,48,1", PROPERTY_USAGE_DEFAULT);
 	_initial_set("interface/editor/font_antialiased", true);
 	_initial_set("interface/editor/font_hinting", 0);
-	hints["interface/editor/font_hinting"] = PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "interface/editor/font_hinting", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "Auto,None,Light,Normal", PROPERTY_USAGE_DEFAULT);
+#ifdef OSX_ENABLED
+	hints["interface/editor/font_hinting"] = PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "interface/editor/font_hinting", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "Auto (None),None,Light,Normal", PROPERTY_USAGE_DEFAULT);
+#else
+	hints["interface/editor/font_hinting"] = PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "interface/editor/font_hinting", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "Auto (Light),None,Light,Normal", PROPERTY_USAGE_DEFAULT);
+#endif
 	_initial_set("interface/editor/main_font", "");
 	hints["interface/editor/main_font"] = PropertyInfo(Variant::STRING, "interface/editor/main_font", PROPERTY_HINT_GLOBAL_FILE, "*.ttf,*.otf", PROPERTY_USAGE_DEFAULT);
 	_initial_set("interface/editor/main_font_bold", "");
diff --git a/editor/project_manager.cpp b/editor/project_manager.cpp
index ca29f2a574..71e9ece73a 100644
--- a/editor/project_manager.cpp
+++ b/editor/project_manager.cpp
@@ -2436,6 +2436,8 @@ ProjectManager::ProjectManager() {
 		switch (display_scale) {
 			case 0: {
 				// Try applying a suitable display scale automatically.
+				// The code below is adapted in `editor/editor_settings.cpp` and `editor/editor_node.cpp`.
+				// Make sure to update those when modifying the code below.
 #ifdef OSX_ENABLED
 				editor_set_scale(OS::get_singleton()->get_screen_max_scale());
 #else