diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/curations/constants.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/curations/constants.ts
index 37c1e9a7a1a2e62..c490910184a6937 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/curations/constants.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/curations/constants.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const CURATIONS_OVERVIEW_TITLE = i18n.translate(
 );
 export const CREATE_NEW_CURATION_TITLE = i18n.translate(
   'xpack.enterpriseSearch.appSearch.engine.curations.create.title',
-  { defaultMessage: 'Create new curation' }
+  { defaultMessage: 'Create a curation' }
 );
 export const MANAGE_CURATION_TITLE = i18n.translate(
   'xpack.enterpriseSearch.appSearch.engine.curations.manage.title',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/curations/curation/documents/hidden_documents.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/curations/curation/documents/hidden_documents.tsx
index f2bc416b00341da..8cb06f32d9e4efc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/curations/curation/documents/hidden_documents.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/curations/curation/documents/hidden_documents.tsx
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export const HiddenDocuments: React.FC = () => {
             <h3>
               {i18n.translate(
                 'xpack.enterpriseSearch.appSearch.engine.curations.hiddenDocuments.emptyTitle',
-                { defaultMessage: 'No documents are being hidden for this query' }
+                { defaultMessage: "You haven't hidden any documents yet" }
               )}
             </h3>
           }