diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/config/Config.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/config/Config.java
index 1f5bc3600..fd5576d69 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/config/Config.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/config/Config.java
@@ -1243,11 +1243,17 @@ public class Config
 		{
 			public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> disableUnchangedChunkCheck = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
 					.set(false)
+					// enabling this can be quite detrimental to performance,
+					// so hiding it in the config file should reduce people accidentally enabling it
+					.setAppearance(isRunningInDevEnvironment() ? EConfigEntryAppearance.ALL : EConfigEntryAppearance.ONLY_IN_FILE)
 					.comment(""
+							+ "Enabling this will drastically increase chunk processing time\n"
+							+ "and you may need to increase your CPU load to handle it.\n"
+							+ "\n"
 							+ "Normally DH will attempt to skip creating LODs for chunks it's already seen\n"
 							+ "and that haven't changed.\n"
 							+ "\n"
-							+ "However sometimes that logic incorrecly prevents LODs from being updated.\n"
+							+ "However sometimes that logic incorrectly prevents LODs from being updated.\n"
 							+ "Disabling this check may fix issues where LODs aren't updated after\n"
 							+ "blocks have been changed.\n"
 							+ "")