diff --git a/client/components/workflow-grid.vue b/client/components/workflow-grid.vue
index 0b2f2e95b..26c3842aa 100644
--- a/client/components/workflow-grid.vue
+++ b/client/components/workflow-grid.vue
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import NoResults from './no-results';
 
 export default {
   name: 'workflow-grid',
-  props: ['workflows', 'loading'],
+  props: ['workflows', 'loading', 'noResultsText'],
   data() {
     return {
       nextPageToken: undefined,
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export default {
       <div class="col col-end">End Time</div>
     </div>
     <div class="spacer" />
-    <no-results :results="workflows" v-if="!loading" />
+    <no-results :results="workflows" v-if="!loading" :message="noResultsText" />
     <RecycleScroller
       key-field="uniqueId"
       :items="workflows"
diff --git a/client/containers/workflow-list/component.vue b/client/containers/workflow-list/component.vue
index 3ec66fa70..233b6c086 100644
--- a/client/containers/workflow-list/component.vue
+++ b/client/containers/workflow-list/component.vue
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 import moment from 'moment';
 import debounce from 'lodash-es/debounce';
+import lowerCase from 'lodash-es/lowerCase';
 import {
   IS_CRON_LIST,
   FILTER_MODE_ADVANCED,
@@ -210,6 +211,24 @@ export default {
 
       return getStartTimeIsoString(range, startTime);
     },
+    noResultsMessageText() {
+      const { status, workflowId, workflowName, startTime, endTime } =
+        this.$route.query || {};
+
+      if ((status && status !== STATUS_ALL) || workflowId || workflowName) {
+        return `No workflows for the selected filters`;
+      }
+
+      if (typeof this.range === 'string') {
+        return `No workflows within ${lowerCase(this.range)}`;
+      }
+
+      if (startTime && endTime) {
+        return `No workflows within selected period`;
+      }
+
+      return 'No Results';
+    },
     crossRegionProps() {
       const { clusterName, domain } = this;
 
@@ -597,6 +616,7 @@ export default {
     <error-message :error="error" />
     <workflow-grid
       :workflows="formattedResults"
+      :noResultsText="noResultsMessageText"
       :loading="loading"
       @onScroll="onWorkflowGridScroll"
       v-if="!error"