diff --git a/app/views/projects/issues/_issues.html.haml b/app/views/projects/issues/_issues.html.haml
index 99a23c169d2..539c45edd94 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/issues/_issues.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/issues/_issues.html.haml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     = render @issues
     - if @issues.blank?
       %li
-        %h4.nothing_here_message Nothing to show here
+        %h4.nothing_here_message No issues to show
 
 - if @issues.present?
   .pull-right
diff --git a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/index.html.haml b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/index.html.haml
index 35de9149d82..2bd5a027a02 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/index.html.haml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         = render @merge_requests
         - if @merge_requests.blank?
           %li
-            %h4.nothing_here_message Nothing to show here
+            %h4.nothing_here_message No merge requests to show
     - if @merge_requests.present?
       .pull-right
         %span.cgray.pull-right #{@merge_requests.total_count} merge requests for this filter
diff --git a/app/views/projects/milestones/index.html.haml b/app/views/projects/milestones/index.html.haml
index 0c0828c9064..ddb46bcb5cb 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/milestones/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/milestones/index.html.haml
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@
 
           - if @milestones.blank?
             %li
-              %h3.nothing_here_message Nothing to show here
+              %h3.nothing_here_message No milestones to show
 
       = paginate @milestones, theme: "gitlab"
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_issues.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_issues.html.haml
index 6f4852d8785..3b3888a50e9 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_issues.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_issues.html.haml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
           = render 'projects/issues/issue', issue: issue
   = paginate @issues, theme: "gitlab"
 - else
-  %p.nothing_here_message Nothing to show here
+  %p.nothing_here_message No issues to show
 
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_merge_requests.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_merge_requests.html.haml
index 4be445e6a32..b7a7ca8fcc8 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_merge_requests.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_merge_requests.html.haml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
   = paginate @merge_requests, theme: "gitlab"
 
 - else
-  %h3.nothing_here_message Nothing to show here
+  %h3.nothing_here_message No merge requests to show