diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/change-owner.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/change-owner.hbs
index 480034cb68b..62b55d40e33 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/change-owner.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/change-owner.hbs
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 {{#d-modal-body class='change-ownership'}}
   {{{i18n 'topic.change_owner.instructions' count=selectedPostsCount old_user=selectedPostsUsername}}}
-  <p>
-      {{{i18n 'topic.change_owner.instructions_warn'}}}
-  </p>
 
   <form>
-    <label>{{i18n 'topic.change_owner.label'}}</label>
+    <label></label>
     {{user-selector single="true"
                     usernames=new_user
                     placeholderKey="topic.change_owner.placeholder"
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index 808cc1cc9a4..f51ca15dec5 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -2003,12 +2003,10 @@ en:
         title: "Change Owner of Posts"
         action: "change ownership"
         error: "There was an error changing the ownership of the posts."
-        label: "New Owner of Posts"
         placeholder: "username of new owner"
         instructions:
-          one: "Please choose the new owner of the post by <b>{{old_user}}</b>."
-          other: "Please choose the new owner of the {{count}} posts by <b>{{old_user}}</b>."
-        instructions_warn: "Note that any notifications about this post will not be transferred to the new user retroactively."
+          one: "Please choose a new owner for the post by <b>@{{old_user}}</b>"
+          other: "Please choose a new owner for the {{count}} posts by <b>@{{old_user}}</b>"
 
       change_timestamp:
         title: "Change Timestamp..."