diff --git a/retroarch.cfg b/retroarch.cfg
index dbcbb84ad4..36aae23fd0 100644
--- a/retroarch.cfg
+++ b/retroarch.cfg
@@ -248,20 +248,19 @@
 
 # Offset for where messages will be placed on screen. Values are in range 0.0 to 1.0 for both x and y values.
 # [0.0, 0.0] maps to the lower left corner of the screen.
-# video_msg_pos_x = 0.05
-# video_msg_pos_y = 0.05
+# video_message_pos_x = 0.05
+# video_message_pos_y = 0.05
 
-# Color for message.
-# video_msg_color_r =
-# video_msg_color_g =
-# video_msg_color_b =
+# Color for message. The value is treated as a hexadecimal value.
+# It is a regular RGB hex number, i.e. red is "ff0000".
+# video_message_color = ffffff
 
 # Background color for OSD messages. Red/Green/Blue values are from 0 to 255 and opacity is 0.0 to 1.0.
-# video_msg_bgcolor_enable = false
-# video_msg_bgcolor_red = 0
-# video_msg_bgcolor_green = 0
-# video_msg_bgcolor_blue = 0
-# video_msg_bgcolor_opacity = 1.0
+video_message_bgcolor_enable = false
+video_message_bgcolor_red = 0
+video_message_bgcolor_green = 0
+video_message_bgcolor_blue = 0
+video_message_bgcolor_opacity = 1.0
 
 # Allows libretro cores to set rotation modes.
 # Setting this to false will honor, but ignore this request.