diff --git a/static/directives/repo-tag-history.html b/static/directives/repo-tag-history.html
index f6e4c30c1..16d8e5e7c 100644
--- a/static/directives/repo-tag-history.html
+++ b/static/directives/repo-tag-history.html
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 
    <div class="history-list">
      <div class="empty" ng-if="!historyEntries.length">
-      <div class="empty-primary-msg">This repository is empty.</div>
-      <div class="empty-secondary-msg">Push a tag or initiate a build to populate this repository.</div>
+      <div class="empty-primary-msg">No recent tag activity.</div>
+      <div class="empty-secondary-msg">There has not been any recent tag activity on this repository.</div>
      </div>
 
      <div class="history-entry" ng-repeat="entry in historyEntries"