diff --git a/core/modules/update/update.module b/core/modules/update/update.module
index 4aed1ef..9904df8 100644
--- a/core/modules/update/update.module
+++ b/core/modules/update/update.module
@@ -517,10 +517,10 @@ function _update_message_text($msg_type, $msg_reason, $report_link = FALSE, $lan
     case UPDATE_NOT_FETCHED:
     case UPDATE_FETCH_PENDING:
       if ($msg_type == 'core') {
-        $text = t('There was a problem checking <a href="@update-report">available updates</a> for Drupal.', array('@update-report' => \Drupal::url('update.status')), array('langcode' => $langcode));
+        $text = t('There was a problem checking the <a href="@update-report">list of available updates</a> for Drupal.', array('@update-report' => \Drupal::url('update.status')), array('langcode' => $langcode));
       }
       else {
-        $text = t('There was a problem checking <a href="@update-report">available updates</a> for your modules or themes.', array('@update-report' => \Drupal::url('update.status')), array('langcode' => $langcode));
+        $text = t('There was a problem checking the <a href="@update-report">list of available updates</a> for your modules or themes.', array('@update-report' => \Drupal::url('update.status')), array('langcode' => $langcode));
       }
       break;
   }
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ function _update_message_text($msg_type, $msg_reason, $report_link = FALSE, $lan
       $text .= ' ' . t('See the <a href="@available_updates">available updates</a> page for more information and to install your missing updates.', array('@available_updates' => \Drupal::url('update.report_update', [], ['language' => $language])), array('langcode' => $langcode));
     }
     else {
-      $text .= ' ' . t('See the <a href="@available_updates">available updates</a> page for more information.', array('@available_updates' => \Drupal::url('update.status', [], ['language' => $language])), array('langcode' => $langcode));
+      $text .= ' ' . t('Visit the <a href="@available_updates">update</a> page to see updates to your contributed modules.', array('@available_updates' => \Drupal::url('update.status', [], ['language' => $language])), array('langcode' => $langcode));
     }
   }