diff --git a/client/src/components/Collections/ListCollectionCreator.vue b/client/src/components/Collections/ListCollectionCreator.vue
index bcd76e36bee0..30a177c7b941 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Collections/ListCollectionCreator.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Collections/ListCollectionCreator.vue
@@ -453,17 +453,28 @@ function renameElement(element: any, name: string) {
                             {{
                                 localize(
                                     [
-                                        "Collections of datasets are permanent, ordered lists of datasets that can be passed to tools ",
+                                        "Lists are a type of Galaxy dataset collection that are a permanent, ordered lists of datasets that can be passed to tools ",
                                         "and workflows in order to have analyses done on each member of the entire group. This interface allows ",
-                                        "you to create a collection and re-order the final collection.",
+                                        "you to create and re-order a list of datasets. The datasets in a Galaxy collection have an identifier that is preserved accross ",
+                                        "tool executions and server as a form of sample tracking - setting the name in this form will pick the identifier for that element ",
+                                        "of the list but will not change the dataset's actual name in Galaxy.",
                                     ].join("")
                                 )
                             }}
                         </p>
 
                         <ul>
+                            <li v-if="!fromSelection">
+                                Move datsets from the "Unselected" column to the "Selected" column below to compose the
+                                list in the intended order and with the intended datasets.
+                            </li>
+
+                            <li v-if="!fromSelection">
+                                The filter textbox can be used to rapidly find the datasets of interest by name.
+                            </li>
+
                             <li>
-                                {{ localize("Rename elements in the list by clicking on") }}
+                                {{ localize("Change the identifier of elements in the list by clicking on") }}
                                 <i data-target=".collection-element .name">
                                     {{ localize("the existing name") }}
                                 </i>
@@ -472,13 +483,16 @@ function renameElement(element: any, name: string) {
 
                             <li>
                                 {{ localize("Discard elements from the final created list by clicking on the ") }}
-                                <i data-target=".collection-element .discard">
-                                    {{ localize("Discard") }}
+                                <i v-if="fromSelection" data-target=".collection-element .discard">
+                                    {{ localize("Remove") }}
+                                </i>
+                                <i v-else data-target=".collection-element .discard">
+                                    {{ localize("discard") }}
                                 </i>
                                 {{ localize("button.") }}
                             </li>
 
-                            <li>
+                            <li v-if="fromSelection">
                                 {{
                                     localize(
                                         "Reorder the list by clicking and dragging elements. Select multiple elements by clicking on"
@@ -498,7 +512,7 @@ function renameElement(element: any, name: string) {
                                 {{ localize("link.") }}
                             </li>
 
-                            <li>
+                            <li v-if="fromSelection">
                                 {{ localize("Click ") }}
                                 <i data-target=".reset">
                                     <FontAwesomeIcon :icon="faUndo" />
@@ -506,7 +520,7 @@ function renameElement(element: any, name: string) {
                                 {{ localize("to begin again as if you had just opened the interface.") }}
                             </li>
 
-                            <li>
+                            <li v-if="fromSelection">
                                 {{ localize("Click ") }}
                                 <i data-target=".sort-items">
                                     <FontAwesomeIcon :icon="faSortAlphaDown" />
diff --git a/client/src/components/Collections/PairedListCollectionCreator.vue b/client/src/components/Collections/PairedListCollectionCreator.vue
index 3e53e5e5cbd2..64692ee9aea2 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Collections/PairedListCollectionCreator.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Collections/PairedListCollectionCreator.vue
@@ -948,9 +948,9 @@ function _naiveStartingAndEndingLCS(s1: string, s2: string) {
                             {{
                                 localize(
                                     [
-                                        "Collections of paired datasets are ordered lists of dataset pairs (often forward and reverse reads). ",
-                                        "These collections can be passed to tools and workflows in order to have analyses done on each member of ",
-                                        "the entire group. This interface allows you to create a collection, choose which datasets are paired, ",
+                                        "Lists of pairs are an ordered list of individual dataset paired together in their own collection (often forward and reverse reads). ",
+                                        "These lists can be passed to tools and workflows in order to have analyses done on each member of ",
+                                        "the entire group. This interface allows you to create such a list of paired datasets, choose which datasets are paired, ",
                                         "and re-order the final collection.",
                                     ].join("")
                                 )