diff --git a/homeassistant/components/workday/strings.json b/homeassistant/components/workday/strings.json
index e74dc0160d9..87fa294dbba 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/workday/strings.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/workday/strings.json
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
       "options": {
         "description": "Set additional options for {name} configured for country {country}",
         "data": {
-          "excludes": "Excludes",
+          "excludes": "Days to exclude",
           "days_offset": "Offset",
-          "workdays": "Workdays",
+          "workdays": "Days to include",
           "add_holidays": "Add holidays",
           "remove_holidays": "Remove Holidays",
           "province": "Subdivision of country",
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
           "category": "Additional category as holiday"
         },
         "data_description": {
-          "excludes": "List of workdays to exclude, notice the keyword `holiday` and read the documentation on how to use it correctly",
+          "excludes": "Select which weekdays to exclude as workdays.\nThe key `holidays` adds those for the configured country, customizable by all the settings below. Read the documentation on how to use them correctly.",
           "days_offset": "Days offset from current day",
-          "workdays": "List of working days",
+          "workdays": "Select which weekdays to include as possible workdays.",
           "add_holidays": "Add custom holidays as YYYY-MM-DD or as range using `,` as separator",
           "remove_holidays": "Remove holidays as YYYY-MM-DD, as range using `,` as separator or by using partial of name",
           "province": "State, territory, province or region of country",