diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index f6b502c87d392086a348203665c88b09ef154add..b75e4865e712f43453218ff788db06e578e3fc41 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -415,36 +415,47 @@ Caching Framework when needed.
 
 * Compression and concatenation of CSS and JavaScript files
 
-New built-in minification routines can now be used with config.compressCss and
-config.compressJs to reduce the file size of all files configured in
-page.includeCSS and page.includeJS. Single files can be excluded from
-compression using the new option disableCompression. Additionally, files can
-be concatenated into a single file using config.concatenateCss and
-config.concatenateJs. Please note that there is only limited support for
-@charset, @import and @namespace statements in concatenated CSS files.
+Built-in minification routines can now be used with config.compressCss to
+reduce the size of all files configured in page.includeCSS.
+With compressCss and/or compressJs enabled, CSS files and JavaScript files
+(included using page.includeJS) can be saved and delivered with GZIP
+compression in the Frontend, assuming $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['FE']
+['compressionLevel'] is set.
+Similar to $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['compressionLevel'] (available since TYPO3
+4.4), the following options must be set in .htaccess:
+
+ <FilesMatch "\.js\.gzip$">
+     AddType "text/javascript" .gzip
+ </FilesMatch>
+ <FilesMatch "\.css\.gzip$">
+     AddType "text/css" .gzip
+ </FilesMatch>
+ AddEncoding gzip .gzip
+
+Single files can be excluded from compression using the new option
+disableCompression. Additionally, files can be concatenated into a single file
+using config.concatenateCss and config.concatenateJs. Please note that there is
+only limited support for @charset, @import and @namespace statements in
+concatenated CSS files.
 
 Together with
 
  config.removeDefaultJS = external
 
-these routines will significantly lower web site traffic.
+these routines will significantly increase your website speed!
 
-Furthermore, if compressCss/compressJs is enabled,
-$TYPO3_CONF_VARS['FE']['compressionLevel'] now also affects CSS and JS files in
-frontend and applies GZIP compression. This requires the same options as for
-$TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['compressionLevel'] to be set in .htaccess.
-
-You may disable compression and/or concatenation on the PAGE object. Example:
+You may disable compression and/or concatenation for CSS and JavaScript included
+with the PAGE object. Example:
 
  page.includeJSlibs {
-     jquery = http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.6.1.min.js
-     jquery.external = 1
-     jquery.disableCompression = 1
-     jquery.excludeFromConcatenation = 1
+   jquery = http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.6.1.min.js
+   jquery.external = 1
+   jquery.disableCompression = 1
+   jquery.excludeFromConcatenation = 1
  }
 
 The same options apply for includeCSS.
 
 Please note that compression and concatenation apply for external resources as
-well. But if activated, they will be dynamically retrieved to allow requested
-processing and will be served locally.
+well. If activated, external resources will be dynamically retrieved, processed,
+and served locally.
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diff --git a/_.htaccess b/_.htaccess
index 899c0d2798f016fc19c4333d9c66bc297c26fc88..3c623c2b928392fd0c1dde620303a0eb2f19db14 100644
--- a/_.htaccess
+++ b/_.htaccess
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@
 
 # Compressing resource files will save bandwidth and so improve loading speed especially for users
 # with slower internet connections. TYPO3 can compress the .js and .css files for you.
-# 1) Uncomment the following lines and
-# 2) Set $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['compressionLevel'] = '9'
+# *) Uncomment the following lines and
+# *) Set $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['compressionLevel'] = '9' for the Backend
+# *) Set $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['FE']['compressionLevel'] = '9' together with the TypoScript properties
+#    config.compressJs and config.compressCss for GZIP compression of Frontend JS and CSS files.
 
 #<FilesMatch "\.js\.gzip$">
 #	AddType "text/javascript" .gzip
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/t3editor/res/tsref/tsref.xml b/typo3/sysext/t3editor/res/tsref/tsref.xml
index 9f9dd37af18799052f61dabf2d7c357e9fa821ed..dee1db7b841cf7f50fb0b764ca4711b332c469e7 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/t3editor/res/tsref/tsref.xml
+++ b/typo3/sysext/t3editor/res/tsref/tsref.xml
@@ -857,9 +857,11 @@ config.removeDefaultJS = 1]]></description>
 			<default><![CDATA[false]]></default>
 		</property>
 		<property name="compressJs" type="boolean">
-			<description><![CDATA[If set, inline JavaScript and external JavaScript files will be minified and compressed.
+			<description><![CDATA[Enabling this option together with $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['FE']['compressionLevel'] in the Install Tool delivers Frontend JavaScript files using GZIP compression.
 
-Minification will remove all excess space. The more significant compression step (using Gzip compression) requires $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['FE']['compressionLevel'] to be enabled in the Install Tool together with the gzip-related compressionLevel options in .htaccess, as otherwise the files will not be readable by the user agent.
+This can significantly reduce file sizes of linked JavaScript files and thus decrease loading times.
+
+Please not that this requires .htaccess to be adjusted, as otherwise the files will not be readable by the user agent. Please see the description of $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['FE']['compressionLevel'] in the Install Tool.
 
 Example: