diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/MyViewsProperty/config.properties b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/MyViewsProperty/config.properties
index 659a36b4097e6f5a8007e2a305334c88c0b0a265..291c866856f2ba2bc0352bfce707302bc757b0fc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/MyViewsProperty/config.properties
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/MyViewsProperty/config.properties
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 # THE SOFTWARE.
 
-description=The view selected by default when navigating to the users'' private views
+description=The view selected by default when navigating to the user''s private views
diff --git a/war/src/main/webapp/help/view-config/description.html b/war/src/main/webapp/help/view-config/description.html
index 0975f067758b04fbe72511f538ffcba8f97a29da..f766dbf16bc28e4b8d373c090491c682f5571bf3 100644
--- a/war/src/main/webapp/help/view-config/description.html
+++ b/war/src/main/webapp/help/view-config/description.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <div>
   This message will be displayed on <a href=".">the view page</a>.
-  Useful for describing what this view is about, or linking to relevant resources.
+  Useful for describing what this view does or linking to relevant resources.
   Can contain HTML tags or whatever markup language is defined for the system.
 </div>