diff --git a/ui/packages/consul-ui/translations/routes/en-us.yaml b/ui/packages/consul-ui/translations/routes/en-us.yaml
index 7e03ceeb7b0a..ad62451f3771 100644
--- a/ui/packages/consul-ui/translations/routes/en-us.yaml
+++ b/ui/packages/consul-ui/translations/routes/en-us.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dc:
           header: Failing serf check
           body: |
             <p>
-              This node has a failing serf node check. The health statuses shown on this page are the statuses as they were before the failing serf check.
+              This node has a failing serf node check. The health statuses shown on this page are the statuses as they were known before the node became unreachable.
             </p>
   services:
     show:
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dc:
           header: Failing serf check
           body: |
             <p>
-              This instance has a failing serf node check. The health statuses shown on this page are the statuses as they were before the failing serf check.
+              This instance has a failing serf node check. The health statuses shown on this page are the statuses as they were known before the node became unreachable.
             </p>
       upstreams:
         tproxy-mode: