diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index a55117a7..cc68870f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -3293,6 +3293,8 @@ Thomas Reufer <thomas@reufer.ch>
  for adding handling for DTS audio tracks to cPatPmtParser::ParsePmt()
  for adding support for PGS subtitles
  for adding cOsdProvider::OsdSizeChanged()
+ for suggesting to change the German translations if the texts related to "binary
+ skipping"
 
 Eike Sauer <EikeSauer@t-online.de>
  for reporting a problem with channels that need more than 5 TS packets for detecting
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 4b808edb..3e198fca 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -8498,3 +8498,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed the German translations of "latitude" and "longitude" (they were swapped).
 - Updated the Hungarian OSD texts (thanks to Mario Fenneis).
 - Modified runvdr.template to improve compatibility with the "bash" and "dash" shells.
+- Changed the German translations if the texts related to "binary skipping" (based
+  on a suggestion by Thomas Reufer).
diff --git a/po/de_DE.po b/po/de_DE.po
index a5850f24..c8c90ade 100644
--- a/po/de_DE.po
+++ b/po/de_DE.po
@@ -1242,13 +1242,13 @@ msgid "Setup.Replay$Pause replay at last mark"
 msgstr "Pause an der letzten Schnittmarke"
 
 msgid "Setup.Replay$Binary skip initial value (s)"
-msgstr "Anfangswert für binäres Springen (s)"
+msgstr "Anfangswert beim Halbieren der Sprungweite (s)"
 
 msgid "Setup.Replay$Binary skip timeout (s)"
-msgstr "Zeitlimit für binäres Springen (s)"
+msgstr "Zeitlimit für Halbieren der Sprungweite (s)"
 
 msgid "Setup.Replay$Binary skip strict"
-msgstr "Striktes binäres Springen"
+msgstr "Sprungweite immer halbieren"
 
 msgid "Setup.Replay$Resume ID"
 msgstr "Wiedergabe-ID"