diff --git a/webapp/components/user_settings/email_notification_setting.jsx b/webapp/components/user_settings/email_notification_setting.jsx
index df5f80c640..5c0d95d8b2 100644
--- a/webapp/components/user_settings/email_notification_setting.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/user_settings/email_notification_setting.jsx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export default class EmailNotificationSetting extends React.Component {
 
             return (
                 <SettingItemMin
-                    title={localizeMessage('user.settings.notifications.emailNotifications', 'Send Email notifications')}
+                    title={localizeMessage('user.settings.notifications.emailNotifications', 'Email notifications')}
                     describe={description}
                     updateSection={this.expand}
                 />
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export default class EmailNotificationSetting extends React.Component {
 
         return (
             <SettingItemMax
-                title={localizeMessage('user.settings.notifications.emailNotifications', 'Send email notifications')}
+                title={localizeMessage('user.settings.notifications.emailNotifications', 'Email notifications')}
                 inputs={[
                     <div key='userNotificationEmailOptions'>
                         <div className='radio'>
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export default class EmailNotificationSetting extends React.Component {
                         <div>
                             <FormattedMessage
                                 id='user.settings.notifications.emailInfo'
-                                defaultMessage='Email notifications that are sent for mentions and direct messages when you are offline or away from {siteName} for more than 5 minutes.'
+                                defaultMessage='Email notifications are sent for mentions and direct messages when you are offline or away from {siteName} for more than 5 minutes.'
                                 values={{
                                     siteName: global.window.mm_config.SiteName
                                 }}
@@ -208,4 +208,4 @@ export default class EmailNotificationSetting extends React.Component {
             />
         );
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/webapp/components/user_settings/user_settings_notifications.jsx b/webapp/components/user_settings/user_settings_notifications.jsx
index a18cdf0416..09bc26a9b3 100644
--- a/webapp/components/user_settings/user_settings_notifications.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/user_settings/user_settings_notifications.jsx
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ export default class NotificationsTab extends React.Component {
 
             return (
                 <SettingItemMax
-                    title={Utils.localizeMessage('user.settings.notifications.push', 'Send mobile push notifications')}
+                    title={Utils.localizeMessage('user.settings.notifications.push', 'Mobile push notifications')}
                     extraInfo={extraInfo}
                     inputs={inputs}
                     submit={submit}
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ export default class NotificationsTab extends React.Component {
 
         return (
             <SettingItemMin
-                title={Utils.localizeMessage('user.settings.notifications.push', 'Send mobile push notifications')}
+                title={Utils.localizeMessage('user.settings.notifications.push', 'Mobile push notifications')}
                 describe={describe}
                 updateSection={handleUpdatePushSection}
             />
@@ -769,14 +769,14 @@ export default class NotificationsTab extends React.Component {
                 <span>
                     <FormattedMessage
                         id='user.settings.notifications.commentsInfo'
-                        defaultMessage='Mode of triggering notifications on posts in comment threads you participated in.'
+                        defaultMessage="In addition to notifications for when you're mentioned, select if you would like to receive notifications on reply threads."
                     />
                 </span>
             );
 
             commentsSection = (
                 <SettingItemMax
-                    title={Utils.localizeMessage('user.settings.notifications.comments', 'Comment threads notifications')}
+                    title={Utils.localizeMessage('user.settings.notifications.comments', 'Reply notifications')}
                     extraInfo={extraInfo}
                     inputs={inputs}
                     submit={this.handleSubmit}
@@ -790,21 +790,21 @@ export default class NotificationsTab extends React.Component {
                 describe = (
                     <FormattedMessage
                         id='user.settings.notifications.commentsNever'
-                        defaultMessage='No mentions for comments'
+                        defaultMessage="Only trigger notifications when I'm mentioned"
                     />
                 );
             } else if (this.state.notifyCommentsLevel === 'root') {
                 describe = (
                     <FormattedMessage
                         id='user.settings.notifications.commentsRoot'
-                        defaultMessage='Mention any comments on your post'
+                        defaultMessage='Trigger notifications on messages in threads that I start'
                     />
                 );
             } else {
                 describe = (
                     <FormattedMessage
                         id='user.settings.notifications.commentsAny'
-                        defaultMessage='Mention any comments in a thread you participated in (This will include both mentions to your root post and any comments after you commented on a post)'
+                        defaultMessage='Trigger notifications on messages in reply threads that I start or participate in'
                     />
                 );
             }
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ export default class NotificationsTab extends React.Component {
 
             commentsSection = (
                 <SettingItemMin
-                    title={Utils.localizeMessage('user.settings.notifications.comments', 'Comment threads notifications')}
+                    title={Utils.localizeMessage('user.settings.notifications.comments', 'Reply notifications')}
                     describe={describe}
                     updateSection={handleUpdateCommentsSection}
                 />
diff --git a/webapp/i18n/en.json b/webapp/i18n/en.json
index 5e2549ebb1..4617d21623 100644
--- a/webapp/i18n/en.json
+++ b/webapp/i18n/en.json
@@ -1859,11 +1859,11 @@
   "user.settings.notifications.allActivity": "For all activity",
   "user.settings.notifications.channelWide": "Channel-wide mentions \"@channel\", \"@all\"",
   "user.settings.notifications.close": "Close",
-  "user.settings.notifications.comments": "Comment threads notifications",
-  "user.settings.notifications.commentsAny": "Mention any comments in a thread you participated in (This will include both mentions to your root post and any comments after you commented on a post)",
-  "user.settings.notifications.commentsInfo": "Mode of triggering notifications on posts in comment threads you participated in.",
-  "user.settings.notifications.commentsNever": "No mentions for comments",
-  "user.settings.notifications.commentsRoot": "Mention any comments on your post",
+ "user.settings.notifications.comments": "Reply notifications",
+  "user.settings.notifications.commentsAny": "Trigger notifications on messages in reply threads that I start or participate in",
+  "user.settings.notifications.commentsInfo": "In addition to notifications for when you're mentioned, select if you would like to receive notifications on reply threads.",
+  "user.settings.notifications.commentsNever": "Only trigger notifications when I'm mentioned",
+  "user.settings.notifications.commentsRoot": "Trigger notifications on messages in threads that I start",
   "user.settings.notifications.desktop": "Send desktop notifications",
   "user.settings.notifications.desktop.mentionsFirefoxForever": "For mentions and direct messages, shown indefinitely",
   "user.settings.notifications.desktop.mentionsFirefoxTimed": "For mentions and direct messages, shown for {seconds} seconds",
@@ -1885,8 +1885,8 @@
   "user.settings.notifications.desktop.sound": "Notification sound",
   "user.settings.notifications.desktopSounds": "Desktop notification sounds",
   "user.settings.notifications.emailBatchingInfo": "Notifications are combined into a single email and sent at the maximum frequency selected here.",
-  "user.settings.notifications.emailInfo": "Email notifications that are sent for mentions and direct messages when you are offline or away from {siteName} for more than 5 minutes.",
-  "user.settings.notifications.emailNotifications": "Send email notifications",
+  "user.settings.notifications.emailInfo": "Email notifications are sent for mentions and direct messages when you are offline or away from {siteName} for more than 5 minutes.",
+  "user.settings.notifications.emailNotifications": "Email notifications",
   "user.settings.notifications.everyHour": "Every hour",
   "user.settings.notifications.everyXMinutes": "Every {count, plural, one {minute} other {{count, number} minutes}}",
   "user.settings.notifications.header": "Notifications",
@@ -1897,7 +1897,7 @@
   "user.settings.notifications.off": "Off",
   "user.settings.notifications.on": "On",
   "user.settings.notifications.onlyMentions": "Only for mentions and direct messages",
-  "user.settings.notifications.push": "Send mobile push notifications",
+  "user.settings.notifications.push": "Mobile push notifications",
   "user.settings.notifications.sensitiveName": "Your case sensitive first name \"{first_name}\"",
   "user.settings.notifications.sensitiveUsername": "Your non-case sensitive username \"{username}\"",
   "user.settings.notifications.sensitiveWords": "Other non-case sensitive words, separated by commas:",