diff --git a/lms/static/js/instructor_dashboard/membership.js b/lms/static/js/instructor_dashboard/membership.js
index 20fb73753386..bcac912b0177 100644
--- a/lms/static/js/instructor_dashboard/membership.js
+++ b/lms/static/js/instructor_dashboard/membership.js
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ such that the value can be defined later than this assignment (file load order).
             }
             if (allowed.length && emailStudents) {
                 // Translators: A list of users appears after this sentence;
-                renderList(gettext('Successfully sent enrollment emails to the following users. They will be allowed to enroll once they register:'), (function() { // eslint-disable-line max-len
+                renderList(gettext('Email cannot be sent to the following users via batch enrollment. They will be allowed to enroll once they register:'), (function() { // eslint-disable-line max-len
                     var k, len2, results;
                     results = [];
                     for (k = 0, len2 = allowed.length; k < len2; k++) {
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ such that the value can be defined later than this assignment (file load order).
             }
             if (autoenrolled.length && emailStudents) {
                 // Translators: A list of users appears after this sentence;
-                renderList(gettext('Successfully sent enrollment emails to the following users. They will be enrolled once they register:'), (function() { // eslint-disable-line max-len
+                renderList(gettext('Email cannot be sent to the following users via batch enrollment. They will be enrolled once they register:'), (function() { // eslint-disable-line max-len
                     var k, len2, results;
                     results = [];
                     for (k = 0, len2 = autoenrolled.length; k < len2; k++) {