diff --git a/include/sound/cs4231-regs.h b/include/sound/cs4231-regs.h
index 92647532c454aff379a627492211fcfac96d7abc..66d28c2cb53df6846a66fb2a10a8f436a5f465f4 100644
--- a/include/sound/cs4231-regs.h
+++ b/include/sound/cs4231-regs.h
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
 #define AD1845_PWR_DOWN		0x1b	/* power down control */
 #define CS4235_LEFT_MASTER	0x1b	/* left master output control */
 #define CS4231_REC_FORMAT	0x1c	/* clock and data format - record - bits 7-0 MCE */
-#define CS4231_PLY_VAR_FREQ	0x1d	/* playback variable frequency */
 #define AD1845_CLOCK		0x1d	/* crystal clock select and total power down */
 #define CS4235_RIGHT_MASTER	0x1d	/* right master output control */
 #define CS4231_REC_UPR_CNT	0x1e	/* record upper count */
diff --git a/sound/isa/cs423x/cs4236_lib.c b/sound/isa/cs423x/cs4236_lib.c
index 1b1ad1cad328ee59d5b39c5df269926af424499e..4c4024a73c6b4190b55dc6b1fa5b40bdf34a7af6 100644
--- a/sound/isa/cs423x/cs4236_lib.c
+++ b/sound/isa/cs423x/cs4236_lib.c
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ CS4236_DOUBLE("Mic Playback Switch", 0,
 CS4236_DOUBLE("Mic Capture Switch", 0,
 		CS4236_LEFT_MIC, CS4236_RIGHT_MIC, 7, 7, 1, 1),
 CS4236_DOUBLE("Mic Volume", 0, CS4236_LEFT_MIC, CS4236_RIGHT_MIC, 0, 0, 31, 1),
-CS4236_DOUBLE("Mic Playback Boost", 0,
+CS4236_DOUBLE("Mic Playback Boost (+20dB)", 0,
 		CS4236_LEFT_MIC, CS4236_RIGHT_MIC, 5, 5, 1, 0),
 
 WSS_DOUBLE("Line Playback Switch", 0,
@@ -798,10 +798,10 @@ WSS_DOUBLE("CD Capture Switch", 0,
 
 CS4236_DOUBLE1("Mono Output Playback Switch", 0,
 		CS4231_MONO_CTRL, CS4236_RIGHT_MIX_CTRL, 6, 7, 1, 1),
-CS4236_DOUBLE1("Mono Playback Switch", 0,
+CS4236_DOUBLE1("Beep Playback Switch", 0,
 		CS4231_MONO_CTRL, CS4236_LEFT_MIX_CTRL, 7, 7, 1, 1),
-WSS_SINGLE("Mono Playback Volume", 0, CS4231_MONO_CTRL, 0, 15, 1),
-WSS_SINGLE("Mono Playback Bypass", 0, CS4231_MONO_CTRL, 5, 1, 0),
+WSS_SINGLE("Beep Playback Volume", 0, CS4231_MONO_CTRL, 0, 15, 1),
+WSS_SINGLE("Beep Bypass Playback Switch", 0, CS4231_MONO_CTRL, 5, 1, 0),
 
 WSS_DOUBLE("Capture Volume", 0,
 		CS4231_LEFT_INPUT, CS4231_RIGHT_INPUT, 0, 0, 15, 0),
@@ -815,31 +815,27 @@ CS4236_DOUBLE1("Digital Loopback Playback Volume", 0,
 
 static struct snd_kcontrol_new snd_cs4235_controls[] = {
 
-WSS_DOUBLE("Master Switch", 0,
+WSS_DOUBLE("Master Playback Switch", 0,
 		CS4235_LEFT_MASTER, CS4235_RIGHT_MASTER, 7, 7, 1, 1),
-WSS_DOUBLE("Master Volume", 0,
+WSS_DOUBLE("Master Playback Volume", 0,
 		CS4235_LEFT_MASTER, CS4235_RIGHT_MASTER, 0, 0, 31, 1),
 
 CS4235_OUTPUT_ACCU("Playback Volume", 0),
 
-CS4236_DOUBLE("Master Digital Playback Switch", 0,
-		CS4236_LEFT_MASTER, CS4236_RIGHT_MASTER, 7, 7, 1, 1),
-CS4236_DOUBLE("Master Digital Capture Switch", 0,
-		CS4236_DAC_MUTE, CS4236_DAC_MUTE, 7, 6, 1, 1),
-CS4236_MASTER_DIGITAL("Master Digital Volume", 0),
-
-WSS_DOUBLE("Master Digital Playback Switch", 1,
+WSS_DOUBLE("Synth Playback Switch", 1,
 		CS4231_LEFT_LINE_IN, CS4231_RIGHT_LINE_IN, 7, 7, 1, 1),
-WSS_DOUBLE("Master Digital Capture Switch", 1,
+WSS_DOUBLE("Synth Capture Switch", 1,
 		CS4231_LEFT_LINE_IN, CS4231_RIGHT_LINE_IN, 6, 6, 1, 1),
-WSS_DOUBLE("Master Digital Volume", 1,
+WSS_DOUBLE("Synth Volume", 1,
 		CS4231_LEFT_LINE_IN, CS4231_RIGHT_LINE_IN, 0, 0, 31, 1),
 
 CS4236_DOUBLE("Capture Volume", 0,
 		CS4236_LEFT_MIX_CTRL, CS4236_RIGHT_MIX_CTRL, 5, 5, 3, 1),
 
-WSS_DOUBLE("PCM Switch", 0,
+WSS_DOUBLE("PCM Playback Switch", 0,
 		CS4231_LEFT_OUTPUT, CS4231_RIGHT_OUTPUT, 7, 7, 1, 1),
+WSS_DOUBLE("PCM Capture Switch", 0,
+		CS4236_DAC_MUTE, CS4236_DAC_MUTE, 7, 6, 1, 1),
 WSS_DOUBLE("PCM Volume", 0,
 		CS4231_LEFT_OUTPUT, CS4231_RIGHT_OUTPUT, 0, 0, 63, 1),
 
@@ -855,28 +851,25 @@ CS4236_DOUBLE("Mic Capture Switch", 0,
 CS4236_DOUBLE("Mic Playback Switch", 0,
 		CS4236_LEFT_MIC, CS4236_RIGHT_MIC, 6, 6, 1, 1),
 CS4236_SINGLE("Mic Volume", 0, CS4236_LEFT_MIC, 0, 31, 1),
-CS4236_SINGLE("Mic Playback Boost", 0, CS4236_LEFT_MIC, 5, 1, 0),
+CS4236_SINGLE("Mic Boost (+20dB)", 0, CS4236_LEFT_MIC, 5, 1, 0),
 
-WSS_DOUBLE("Aux Playback Switch", 0,
+WSS_DOUBLE("Line Playback Switch", 0,
 		CS4231_AUX1_LEFT_INPUT, CS4231_AUX1_RIGHT_INPUT, 7, 7, 1, 1),
-WSS_DOUBLE("Aux Capture Switch", 0,
+WSS_DOUBLE("Line Capture Switch", 0,
 		CS4231_AUX1_LEFT_INPUT, CS4231_AUX1_RIGHT_INPUT, 6, 6, 1, 1),
-WSS_DOUBLE("Aux Volume", 0,
+WSS_DOUBLE("Line Volume", 0,
 		CS4231_AUX1_LEFT_INPUT, CS4231_AUX1_RIGHT_INPUT, 0, 0, 31, 1),
 
-WSS_DOUBLE("Aux Playback Switch", 1,
+WSS_DOUBLE("CD Playback Switch", 1,
 		CS4231_AUX2_LEFT_INPUT, CS4231_AUX2_RIGHT_INPUT, 7, 7, 1, 1),
-WSS_DOUBLE("Aux Capture Switch", 1,
+WSS_DOUBLE("CD Capture Switch", 1,
 		CS4231_AUX2_LEFT_INPUT, CS4231_AUX2_RIGHT_INPUT, 6, 6, 1, 1),
-WSS_DOUBLE("Aux Volume", 1,
+WSS_DOUBLE("CD Volume", 1,
 		CS4231_AUX2_LEFT_INPUT, CS4231_AUX2_RIGHT_INPUT, 0, 0, 31, 1),
 
-CS4236_DOUBLE1("Master Mono Switch", 0,
-		CS4231_MONO_CTRL, CS4236_RIGHT_MIX_CTRL, 6, 7, 1, 1),
-
-CS4236_DOUBLE1("Mono Switch", 0,
+CS4236_DOUBLE1("Beep Playback Switch", 0,
 		CS4231_MONO_CTRL, CS4236_LEFT_MIX_CTRL, 7, 7, 1, 1),
-WSS_SINGLE("Mono Volume", 0, CS4231_MONO_CTRL, 0, 15, 1),
+WSS_SINGLE("Beep Playback Volume", 0, CS4231_MONO_CTRL, 0, 15, 1),
 
 WSS_DOUBLE("Analog Loopback Switch", 0,
 		CS4231_LEFT_INPUT, CS4231_RIGHT_INPUT, 7, 7, 1, 0),
diff --git a/sound/isa/wss/wss_lib.c b/sound/isa/wss/wss_lib.c
index 705db0924375fdabbd56e9fbd76a3b68b840bb94..5b9d6c18bc45a0479d1374480d64a47151b4801c 100644
--- a/sound/isa/wss/wss_lib.c
+++ b/sound/isa/wss/wss_lib.c
@@ -2224,7 +2224,7 @@ WSS_DOUBLE_TLV("Capture Volume", 0, CS4231_LEFT_INPUT, CS4231_RIGHT_INPUT,
 	.get = snd_wss_get_mux,
 	.put = snd_wss_put_mux,
 },
-WSS_DOUBLE("Mic Boost", 0,
+WSS_DOUBLE("Mic Boost (+20dB)", 0,
 		CS4231_LEFT_INPUT, CS4231_RIGHT_INPUT, 5, 5, 1, 0),
 WSS_SINGLE("Loopback Capture Switch", 0,
 		CS4231_LOOPBACK, 0, 1, 0),
@@ -2235,14 +2235,14 @@ WSS_DOUBLE("Line Playback Switch", 0,
 WSS_DOUBLE_TLV("Line Playback Volume", 0,
 		CS4231_LEFT_LINE_IN, CS4231_RIGHT_LINE_IN, 0, 0, 31, 1,
 		db_scale_5bit_12db_max),
-WSS_SINGLE("Mono Playback Switch", 0,
+WSS_SINGLE("Beep Playback Switch", 0,
 		CS4231_MONO_CTRL, 7, 1, 1),
-WSS_SINGLE_TLV("Mono Playback Volume", 0,
+WSS_SINGLE_TLV("Beep Playback Volume", 0,
 		CS4231_MONO_CTRL, 0, 15, 1,
 		db_scale_4bit),
 WSS_SINGLE("Mono Output Playback Switch", 0,
 		CS4231_MONO_CTRL, 6, 1, 1),
-WSS_SINGLE("Mono Output Playback Bypass", 0,
+WSS_SINGLE("Beep Bypass Playback Switch", 0,
 		CS4231_MONO_CTRL, 5, 1, 0),
 };