diff --git a/data/org.sigxcpu.feedbackd.gschema.xml b/data/org.sigxcpu.feedbackd.gschema.xml
index 84615e0..857144d 100644
--- a/data/org.sigxcpu.feedbackd.gschema.xml
+++ b/data/org.sigxcpu.feedbackd.gschema.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
                 'sm.puri.OSK0']</default>
       <summary>List of apps that can override the feedback level</summary>
       <description>
-        Apps listed here can override the configured feedack level by
+        Apps listed here can override the configured global feedback level by
         setting the 'important' hint on the submitted event.
       </description>
     </key>
diff --git a/doc/feedbackd.rst b/doc/feedbackd.rst
index 005a09a..a44f648 100644
--- a/doc/feedbackd.rst
+++ b/doc/feedbackd.rst
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ These gsettings are used by ``feedbackd``:
 
     - `profile`: The current overall feedback profile. Valid  values are
       `full`, `quiet` and `silent`.
-    - `allow-important`: List of apps that can override the feedback level
-      (useful for e.g. allowing the alarm clock to also emit sound when
+    - `allow-important`: List of apps that can override the global feedback
+      level (useful for e.g. allowing the alarm clock to also emit sound when
       device is in silent mode).
     - `prefer-flash`: Prefer camera flash over status LED
     - `theme`: The feedback theme to use. This can be used to override
diff --git a/libfeedback/lfb-event.c b/libfeedback/lfb-event.c
index 21eeda3..3057cdb 100644
--- a/libfeedback/lfb-event.c
+++ b/libfeedback/lfb-event.c
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ lfb_event_end_feedback_async (LfbEvent            *self,
  * @self: The event
  * @timeout: The timeout
  *
- * Tells the feedback server to end feedack after #timeout seconds.
+ * Tells the feedback server to end feedback after #timeout seconds.
  * The value -1 indicates to not set a timeout and let feedbacks stop
  * on their own while 0 indicates to loop all feedbacks endlessly.
  * They must be stopped via [method@LfbEvent.end_feedback] in this case.
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ lfb_event_get_feedback_profile (LfbEvent *self)
  *
  * Tells the feedback server that the sender deems this to be an
  * important event. A feedback server might allow the sender to
- * override the current feedback level when this is set.
+ * override the current global feedback level when this is set.
  */
 void
 lfb_event_set_important (LfbEvent *self, gboolean important)
diff --git a/src/fbd-feedback-manager.c b/src/fbd-feedback-manager.c
index 5b1e34c..bc12a4e 100644
--- a/src/fbd-feedback-manager.c
+++ b/src/fbd-feedback-manager.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ parse_hints (GVariant                *hints,
 /**
  * add_event_feedbacks:
  *
- * Add the suitable feedacks to the event.
+ * Add the suitable feedbacks to the event.
  *
  * Returns: `TRUE` if at least on feedback was added.
  */
@@ -758,10 +758,11 @@ fbd_feedback_manager_get_effective_level (FbdFeedbackManager      *self,
   app_level = app_get_feedback_level (app_id);
   can_important = app_is_important (self, app_id);
 
-  if (important && can_important)
-    level = want_level;
-  else
+  if (important && can_important) {
+    level = MIN (want_level, app_level);
+  } else {
     level = get_max_level (self->level, app_level, want_level);
+  }
 
   return level;
 }