diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/exceptions/translations.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/exceptions/translations.ts
index 03beee8ab373e..ee3255446b334 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/exceptions/translations.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/exceptions/translations.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export const ADD_TO_DETECTIONS_LIST = i18n.translate(
 export const EXCEPTION_EMPTY_PROMPT_TITLE = i18n.translate(
   'xpack.securitySolution.exceptions.viewer.emptyPromptTitle',
   {
-    defaultMessage: 'You have no exceptions',
+    defaultMessage: 'This rule has no exceptions',
   }
 );
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export const EXCEPTION_EMPTY_PROMPT_BODY = i18n.translate(
   'xpack.securitySolution.exceptions.viewer.emptyPromptBody',
   {
     defaultMessage:
-      'You can add an exception to fine tune the rule so that it suppresses alerts that meet specified conditions. Exceptions leverage detection accuracy, which can help reduce the number of false positives.',
+      'You can add exceptions to fine tune the rule so that detection alerts are not created when exception conditions are met. Exceptions improve detection accuracy, which can help reduce the number of false positives.',
   }
 );