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 d952eb3a1..5b5d8a665 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/activity/all-activity.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/activity/all-activity.html
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
             {% 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..d5510b790 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>