diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index d150f7f4665..0cfa1b1967e 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -770,8 +770,8 @@ en:
         category: "There are no {{category}} topics."
         top: "There are no top topics."
         educate:
-          new: '<p>Your <a href="%{userPrefsUrl}">preferences</a> define which topics are considered new.</p>'
-          unread: "<p>You have read all of the posts in the topics you are tracking or watching.</p>"
+          new: '<p>Topics are considered new when they were created in the last 2 days.</p><p>You can change this in your <a href="%{userPrefsUrl}">preferences</a>.</p>'
+          unread: '<p>Unread indicators will only appear for topics that you have:</p><ul><li>Created</li><li>Replied to</li><li>Read for more than 4 minutes</li></ul><p>Or, if you have explicitly set the topic to Tracked or Watched via the notification control at the bottom of each topic.</p><p>You can change this in your <a href="%{userPrefsUrl}">preferences</a>.</p>'
       bottom:
         latest: "There are no more latest topics."
         hot: "There are no more hot topics."