diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/home_timeline/components/explore_prompt.tsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/home_timeline/components/explore_prompt.tsx
index 47113d9b8e..9eeec00e34 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/home_timeline/components/explore_prompt.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/home_timeline/components/explore_prompt.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const ExplorePrompt = () => (
     <p>
       <FormattedMessage
         id='home.explore_prompt.body'
-        defaultMessage="Your home feed will have a mix of posts from the hashtags you've chosen to follow, the people you've chosen to follow, and the posts they boost. It's looking pretty quiet right now, so how about:"
+        defaultMessage="Your home feed will have a mix of posts from the hashtags you've chosen to follow, the people you've chosen to follow, and the posts they boost. If that feels too quiet, you may want to:"
       />
     </p>
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json b/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json
index c87f8f508d..1457db329b 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
   "home.column_settings.basic": "Basic",
   "home.column_settings.show_reblogs": "Show boosts",
   "home.column_settings.show_replies": "Show replies",
-  "home.explore_prompt.body": "Your home feed will have a mix of posts from the hashtags you've chosen to follow, the people you've chosen to follow, and the posts they boost. It's looking pretty quiet right now, so how about:",
+  "home.explore_prompt.body": "Your home feed will have a mix of posts from the hashtags you've chosen to follow, the people you've chosen to follow, and the posts they boost. If that feels too quiet, you may want to:",
   "home.explore_prompt.title": "This is your home base within Mastodon.",
   "home.hide_announcements": "Hide announcements",
   "home.show_announcements": "Show announcements",