diff --git a/src/dusk/ui/settings.cpp b/src/dusk/ui/settings.cpp
index 79082f75ef..c8ab0a3710 100644
--- a/src/dusk/ui/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/dusk/ui/settings.cpp
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ std::vector<AuroraBackend> available_backends() {
     size_t backendCount = 0;
     const AuroraBackend* raw = aurora_get_available_backends(&backendCount);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < backendCount; ++i) {
-        // Do not expose NULL or D3D11
-        if (raw[i] != BACKEND_NULL && raw[i] != BACKEND_D3D11) {
+        // Do not expose NULL
+        if (raw[i] != BACKEND_NULL) {
             backends.emplace_back(raw[i]);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp b/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp
index 8ed3e38430..ef76cf48d2 100644
--- a/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp
+++ b/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ int game_main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
             ("h,help", "Print usage")
             ("console", "Show the Windows console window for logs", cxxopts::value<bool>()->default_value("false")->implicit_value("true"))
             ("dvd", "Path to DVD image file", cxxopts::value<std::string>())
-            ("backend", "Graphics API backend to use (auto, d3d12, metal, vulkan, null)", cxxopts::value<std::string>())
+            ("backend", "Graphics API backend to use (auto, d3d12, d3d11, metal, vulkan, null)", cxxopts::value<std::string>())
             ("cvar", "Override configuration variables without modifying config", cxxopts::value<std::vector<std::string>>());
 
         arg_options.parse_positional({"dvd"});