diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/activityChart.js b/app/assets/javascripts/activityChart.js
index da9c65e38..19d8bcc49 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/activityChart.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/activityChart.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
                 .padding(0.1);
                             // Adjust the y-axis domain to add some space above the tallest bar
             const maxY = d3.max(deliveredData.map((d, i) => d + (failedData[i] || 0)));
-            const y = d3.scaleLinear()
+            const y = d3.scaleSqrt()
                 .domain([0, maxY + 2]) // Add 2 units of space at the top
                 .nice()
                 .range([height, 0]);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/totalMessagesChart.js b/app/assets/javascripts/totalMessagesChart.js
index a3c10d7a3..68c9fd8f9 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/totalMessagesChart.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/totalMessagesChart.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         document.getElementById('message').innerText = `${sms_sent.toLocaleString()} sent / ${sms_remaining_messages.toLocaleString()} remaining`;
 
         // Calculate minimum width for "Messages Sent" as 1% of the total chart width
-        var minSentPercentage = 0.02; // Minimum width as a percentage of total messages (1% in this case)
+        var minSentPercentage = (sms_sent === 0) ? 0 : 0.02;
         var minSentValue = totalMessages * minSentPercentage;
         var displaySent = Math.max(sms_sent, minSentValue);
         var displayRemaining = totalMessages - displaySent;
diff --git a/app/templates/views/activity/all-activity.html b/app/templates/views/activity/all-activity.html
index 8b2dcece4..1067bc07b 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/activity/all-activity.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/activity/all-activity.html
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
             {% endfor %}
           {% else %}
             <tr class="table-row">
-              <td class="table-empty-message" colspan="10">No batched job messages found (messages are kept for {{ service_data_retention_days }} days).</td>
+              <td class="table-empty-message" colspan="10">No messages found</td>
             </tr>
           {% endif %}
         </tbody>
diff --git a/app/templates/views/dashboard/dashboard.html b/app/templates/views/dashboard/dashboard.html
index 2254c3c78..3ea625bb3 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/dashboard/dashboard.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/dashboard/dashboard.html
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@
     </div>
     <div id="totalMessageTable" class="margin-0"></div>
 
-    <h2 class="line-height-sans-2 margin-bottom-0 margin-top-4">
-      Activity snapshot
-    </h2>
+    <h2 class="line-height-sans-2 margin-bottom-0 margin-top-4">Recent activity</h2>
     <div id="activityChartContainer">
       <form class="usa-form">
         <label class="usa-label" for="options">Account</label>
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_jobs_activity.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_jobs_activity.py
index cfc61b96e..498ff048e 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_jobs_activity.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_jobs_activity.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def test_all_activity_no_jobs(client_request, mocker):
     no_jobs_message_td = page.find("td", class_="table-empty-message")
     assert no_jobs_message_td is not None, "No jobs message not found in the response"
 
-    expected_message = "No batched job messages found (messages are kept for 7 days)."
+    expected_message = "No messages found"
     actual_message = no_jobs_message_td.get_text(strip=True)
 
     assert (