diff --git a/lib/galaxy/config/templates/mail/notifications/message-email.html b/lib/galaxy/config/templates/mail/notifications/message-email.html
index 1ebccda977a..e690ecc3266 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/config/templates/mail/notifications/message-email.html
+++ b/lib/galaxy/config/templates/mail/notifications/message-email.html
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-Use this template to customize the HTML email your users will receive
+Use this template to customize the HTML-formatted email your users will receive
 when a new notification of category "message" is sent to them.
 Copy the file to {{ templates_dir }}/mail/notifications/message-email.html and modify as required.
 
-If you are adding URLs into this, remember that only absolute URLS (with
+If you are adding URLs, remember that only absolute URLs (with
 a domain name) make sense in email! They can be served from any stable
 location, including your Galaxy server or GitHub.
 
-The following variables are available for inserting into the html with Jinja2
+The following variables are available for inserting into the HTML with Jinja2
 syntax, like {{ variable_name }}. They will be rendered into the text before
 the email is sent:
 
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/config/templates/mail/notifications/message-email.txt b/lib/galaxy/config/templates/mail/notifications/message-email.txt
index 1cecfd06a05..2e40a42d185 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/config/templates/mail/notifications/message-email.txt
+++ b/lib/galaxy/config/templates/mail/notifications/message-email.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Use this template to customize the text email your users will receive
 when a new notification of category "message" is sent to them.
 Copy the file to {{ templates_dir }}/mail/notifications/message-email.txt and modify as required.
 
-If you are adding URLs into this, remember that only absolute URLS (with
+If you are adding URLs, remember that only absolute URLs (with
 a domain name) make sense in email! They can be served from any stable
 location, including your Galaxy server or GitHub.
 
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/config/templates/mail/notifications/new_shared_item-email.html b/lib/galaxy/config/templates/mail/notifications/new_shared_item-email.html
index 9dec5fe3bed..cb6905a6ec9 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/config/templates/mail/notifications/new_shared_item-email.html
+++ b/lib/galaxy/config/templates/mail/notifications/new_shared_item-email.html
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ Use this template to customize the HTML email your users will receive
 when a new notification of category "new_shared_item" is sent to them.
 Copy the file to {{ templates_dir }}/mail/notifications/new_shared_item-email.html and modify as required.
 
-If you are adding URLs into this, remember that only absolute URLS (with
+If you are adding URLs, remember that only absolute URLs (with
 a domain name) make sense in email! They can be served from any stable
 location, including your Galaxy server or GitHub.
 
-The following variables are available for inserting into the html with Jinja2
+The following variables are available for inserting into the HTML with Jinja2
 syntax, like {{ variable_name }}. They will be rendered into the text before
 the email is sent:
 
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/config/templates/mail/notifications/new_shared_item-email.txt b/lib/galaxy/config/templates/mail/notifications/new_shared_item-email.txt
index d38983bf458..32fb37a5b88 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/config/templates/mail/notifications/new_shared_item-email.txt
+++ b/lib/galaxy/config/templates/mail/notifications/new_shared_item-email.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Use this template to customize the text email your users will receive
 when a new notification of category "new_shared_item" is sent to them.
 Copy the file to {{ templates_dir }}/mail/notifications/new_shared_item-email.txt and modify as required.
 
-If you are adding URLs into this, remember that only absolute URLS (with
+If you are adding URLs, remember that only absolute URLs (with
 a domain name) make sense in email! They can be served from any stable
 location, including your Galaxy server or GitHub.