diff --git a/src/app/3d/qgstiledscenelayer3drendererwidget.cpp b/src/app/3d/qgstiledscenelayer3drendererwidget.cpp
index 25a658ab83de..7a32e677f4c6 100644
--- a/src/app/3d/qgstiledscenelayer3drendererwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/app/3d/qgstiledscenelayer3drendererwidget.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ QgsTiledSceneLayer3DPropertiesWidget::QgsTiledSceneLayer3DPropertiesWidget( QWid
 {
   setupUi( this );
 
+  mMaxErrorSpinBox->setClearValue( 50 );
+
   connect( mMaxErrorSpinBox, qOverload<double>( &QgsDoubleSpinBox::valueChanged ), this, &QgsTiledSceneLayer3DPropertiesWidget::widgetChanged );
   connect( mShowBoundingBoxesCheckBox, &QCheckBox::clicked, this, &QgsTiledSceneLayer3DPropertiesWidget::widgetChanged );
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/3d/qgstiledscenelayer3dpropertieswidget.ui b/src/ui/3d/qgstiledscenelayer3dpropertieswidget.ui
index d44affcc88d1..e57cb5c2b062 100644
--- a/src/ui/3d/qgstiledscenelayer3dpropertieswidget.ui
+++ b/src/ui/3d/qgstiledscenelayer3dpropertieswidget.ui
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@
    </rect>
   </property>
   <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
+   <property name="leftMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="topMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="rightMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="bottomMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
    <item row="0" column="1">
     <widget class="QgsDoubleSpinBox" name="mMaxErrorSpinBox">
      <property name="suffix">
@@ -30,7 +42,7 @@
    <item row="0" column="0">
     <widget class="QLabel" name="lblMaxError">
      <property name="text">
-      <string>Maximum error</string>
+      <string>Maximum screen space error</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>