diff --git a/src/panels/config/automation/ha-automation-picker.ts b/src/panels/config/automation/ha-automation-picker.ts
index acde418b3f..043e122755 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/automation/ha-automation-picker.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/automation/ha-automation-picker.ts
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ class HaAutomationPicker extends LitElement {
         .empty {
           --paper-font-headline_-_font-size: 28px;
           --mdc-icon-size: 80px;
+          max-width: 500px;
         }
       `,
     ];
diff --git a/src/panels/config/scene/ha-scene-dashboard.ts b/src/panels/config/scene/ha-scene-dashboard.ts
index 176a9ee63c..b2f88c062b 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/scene/ha-scene-dashboard.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/scene/ha-scene-dashboard.ts
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class HaSceneDashboard extends LitElement {
         >
         </ha-button-related-filter-menu>
         ${!this.scenes.length
-          ? html` <div class="empty" slot="empty">
+          ? html`<div class="empty" slot="empty">
               <ha-svg-icon .path=${mdiPalette}></ha-svg-icon>
               <h1>
                 ${this.hass.localize(
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ class HaSceneDashboard extends LitElement {
         .empty {
           --paper-font-headline_-_font-size: 28px;
           --mdc-icon-size: 80px;
+          max-width: 500px;
         }
       `,
     ];
diff --git a/src/panels/config/script/ha-script-picker.ts b/src/panels/config/script/ha-script-picker.ts
index 2345c2db92..b6cfb5a075 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/script/ha-script-picker.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/script/ha-script-picker.ts
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ class HaScriptPicker extends LitElement {
         .empty {
           --paper-font-headline_-_font-size: 28px;
           --mdc-icon-size: 80px;
+          max-width: 500px;
         }
       `,
     ];
diff --git a/src/translations/en.json b/src/translations/en.json
index e6890de1d7..31c4211789 100644
--- a/src/translations/en.json
+++ b/src/translations/en.json
@@ -2362,8 +2362,8 @@
               "state": "State"
             },
             "empty_header": "Start automating",
-            "empty_text_1": "The automation editor is an easy way of creating and editing automations.",
-            "empty_text_2": "Even if you're new to home automation."
+            "empty_text_1": "Automations make Home Assistant automatically respond to things happening in and around your home.",
+            "empty_text_2": "Automations connect triggers to actions in a ''when trigger then action'' fashion with optional conditions. For example: ''When the sun sets and if Alice is home, then turn on the lights''."
           },
           "dialog_new": {
             "header": "Create automation",
@@ -3088,7 +3088,7 @@
             "delete": "[%key:ui::common::delete%]",
             "duplicate": "[%key:ui::common::duplicate%]",
             "empty_header": "Create your first script",
-            "empty_text": "Scripts allow you to perform a sequence of actions."
+            "empty_text": "A script is a sequence of actions that can be run from a dashboard, an automation, or be triggered by voice. For example, a ''Wake-up routine''' script that gradually turns on the light in the bedroom and opens the blinds after a delay."
           },
           "dialog_new": {
             "header": "Create script",
@@ -3190,7 +3190,7 @@
               "last_activated": "Last activated"
             },
             "empty_header": "Create your first scene",
-            "empty_text": "Scenes are an easy way to store and replicate the state of devices."
+            "empty_text": "Scenes capture entities' states, so you can re-experience the same scene later on. For example, a ''Watching TV'' scene that dims the living room lights, sets a warm white color and turns on the TV."
           },
           "editor": {
             "default_name": "New scene",