diff --git a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/Recommendations.tsx b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/Recommendations.tsx
index 9510d27b38..d46fa572ab 100644
--- a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/Recommendations.tsx
+++ b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/Recommendations.tsx
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ const Recommendations: React.FC<{ keywords: string[] }> = ({keywords}) => {
     ];
 
     const groupDescription = (
-        <>Recommend any publication you think your audience will find valuable, and find out when others are recommending you.</>
+        <>Recommend any publication that your audience will find valuable, and find out when others are recommending you.</>
     );
 
     // Add a new recommendation
diff --git a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/IncomingRecommendationList.tsx b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/IncomingRecommendationList.tsx
index 2cc1c8ffc2..b113c9278e 100644
--- a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/IncomingRecommendationList.tsx
+++ b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/IncomingRecommendationList.tsx
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ const IncomingRecommendationItem: React.FC<{incomingRecommendation: IncomingReco
                     <span className='-mb-px inline-block min-w-[60px] whitespace-nowrap text-left text-sm lowercase text-grey-700'>{freeMembersLabel}</span>
                 </div>)}
             </TableCell>
-            {incomingRecommendation.recommending_back && <TableCell className='w-[1%] whitespace-nowrap group-hover/table-row:visible md:invisible'><div className='mt-1 whitespace-nowrap text-right text-sm text-grey-700'>Recommending back</div></TableCell>}
+            {incomingRecommendation.recommending_back && <TableCell className='w-[1%] whitespace-nowrap group-hover/table-row:visible md:invisible'><div className='mt-1 whitespace-nowrap text-right text-sm text-grey-700'>Recommending</div></TableCell>}
         </TableRow>
     );
 };
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ const IncomingRecommendationList: React.FC<IncomingRecommendationListProps> = ({
         </Table>;
     } else {
         return <NoValueLabel>
-            <span className='max-w-[40ch] text-center'>No one’s recommended you yet. Once they do, you’ll find them here along with how many memberships each has driven.</span>
+            <span className='max-w-[40ch] text-center'>No one&rsquo;s recommended you yet. Once they do, you&rsquo;ll find them here along with how many memberships they&rsquo;ve driven.</span>
         </NoValueLabel>;
     }
 };
diff --git a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/RecommendationList.tsx b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/RecommendationList.tsx
index 2f8e95a064..0acbaf6dae 100644
--- a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/RecommendationList.tsx
+++ b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/RecommendationList.tsx
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ const RecommendationList: React.FC<RecommendationListProps> = ({recommendations,
         </Table>;
     } else {
         return <NoValueLabel>
-            <span className='mb-2 max-w-[40ch] text-center'>Get started by sharing any publication you think your audience will find valuable.</span>
             <Button color='grey' label='Add first recommendation' size='sm' onClick={() => {
                 openAddNewRecommendationModal();
             }}></Button>