diff --git a/webapp/components/create_team/components/team_url.jsx b/webapp/components/create_team/components/team_url.jsx
index 4a063d1459..2ab143d7f3 100644
--- a/webapp/components/create_team/components/team_url.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/create_team/components/team_url.jsx
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ export default class TeamUrl extends React.Component {
         for (let index = 0; index < Constants.RESERVED_TEAM_NAMES.length; index++) {
             if (cleanedName.indexOf(Constants.RESERVED_TEAM_NAMES[index]) === 0) {
                 this.setState({nameError: (
-                    <FormattedHTMLMessage
+                    <FormattedMessage
                         id='create_team.team_url.taken'
-                        defaultMessage='This URL <a href="https://docs.mattermost.com/help/getting-started/creating-teams.html#team-url" target="_blank">starts with a reserved word</a> or is unavailable. Please try another.'
+                        defaultMessage='URL is taken or contains a reserved word'
                     />)
                 });
                 return;
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export default class TeamUrl extends React.Component {
                     this.setState({nameError: (
                         <FormattedMessage
                             id='create_team.team_url.unavailable'
-                            defaultMessage='This URL is taken or unavailable. Please try another.'
+                            defaultMessage='This URL is unavailable. Please try another.'
                         />)
                     });
                     this.setState({isLoading: false});
diff --git a/webapp/i18n/en.json b/webapp/i18n/en.json
index 5d78d44e8f..d273e77a3b 100644
--- a/webapp/i18n/en.json
+++ b/webapp/i18n/en.json
@@ -1219,9 +1219,9 @@
   "create_team.team_url.hint": "<li>Short and memorable is best</li><li>Use lowercase letters, numbers and dashes</li><li>Must start with a letter and can't end in a dash</li>",
   "create_team.team_url.regex": "Use only lower case letters, numbers and dashes. Must start with a letter and can't end in a dash.",
   "create_team.team_url.required": "This field is required",
-  "create_team.team_url.taken": "This URL <a href='https://docs.mattermost.com/help/getting-started/creating-teams.html#team-url' target='_blank'>starts with a reserved word</a> or is unavailable. Please try another.",
+  "create_team.team_url.taken": "URL is taken or contains a reserved word",
   "create_team.team_url.teamUrl": "Team URL",
-  "create_team.team_url.unavailable": "This URL is taken or unavailable. Please try another.",
+  "create_team.team_url.unavailable": "This URL is unavailable. Please try another.",
   "create_team.team_url.webAddress": "Choose the web address of your new team:",
   "custom_emoji.empty": "No custom emoji found",
   "custom_emoji.header": "Custom Emoji",