diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index 38e5b0c7e3e..429f04f633a 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -1736,6 +1736,7 @@ en:
     default_locale: "The default language of this Discourse instance. You can replace the text of system generated categories and topics at <a href='%{base_path}/admin/customize/site_texts' target='_blank'>Customize / Text</a>."
     allow_user_locale: "Allow users to choose their own language interface preference"
     set_locale_from_accept_language_header: "set interface language for anonymous users from their web browser's language headers"
+    set_locale_from_cookie: "Allows setting an anonymous user's locale via the 'locale' browser cookie"
     support_mixed_text_direction: "Support mixed left-to-right and right-to-left text directions."
     min_post_length: "Minimum allowed post length in characters (excluding personal messages)"
     min_first_post_length: "Minimum allowed first post (topic body) length (excluding personal messages)"
diff --git a/config/site_settings.yml b/config/site_settings.yml
index 4937b6aee41..f636835e720 100644
--- a/config/site_settings.yml
+++ b/config/site_settings.yml
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ basic:
     validator: "AllowUserLocaleEnabledValidator"
   set_locale_from_cookie:
     default: false
-    hidden: true
     client: true
     validator: "AllowUserLocaleEnabledValidator"
   support_mixed_text_direction:
diff --git a/spec/requests/admin/config/site_settings_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/admin/config/site_settings_controller_spec.rb
index 67f9a2515a7..5523b924579 100644
--- a/spec/requests/admin/config/site_settings_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/admin/config/site_settings_controller_spec.rb
@@ -47,11 +47,9 @@ RSpec.describe Admin::SiteSettingsController do
               Admin::Config::SiteSettingsController::ADMIN_CONFIG_AREA_ALLOWLISTED_HIDDEN_SETTINGS.first.to_s
           end,
         ).to be_present
-        get "/admin/config/site_settings.json", params: { filter_names: ["set_locale_from_cookie"] }
+        get "/admin/config/site_settings.json", params: { filter_names: ["max_category_nesting"] }
         expect(
-          response.parsed_body["site_settings"].find do |s|
-            s["setting"] == "set_locale_from_cookie"
-          end,
+          response.parsed_body["site_settings"].find { |s| s["setting"] == "max_category_nesting" },
         ).to be_nil
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/requests/admin/site_settings_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/admin/site_settings_controller_spec.rb
index f3a1e95d2b3..c1c99d70724 100644
--- a/spec/requests/admin/site_settings_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/admin/site_settings_controller_spec.rb
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ RSpec.describe Admin::SiteSettingsController do
         get "/admin/site_settings.json"
         expect(response.status).to eq(200)
         expect(
-          response.parsed_body["site_settings"].find do |s|
-            s["setting"] == "set_locale_from_cookie"
-          end,
+          response.parsed_body["site_settings"].find { |s| s["setting"] == "max_category_nesting" },
         ).to be_nil
       end
     end