diff --git a/app/views/dashboard/_groups_head.html.haml b/app/views/dashboard/_groups_head.html.haml
index 13eaba41f4c..0e848386ebb 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboard/_groups_head.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/dashboard/_groups_head.html.haml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@
     = render 'shared/groups/dropdown'
     - if current_user.can_create_group?
       = link_to new_group_path, class: "btn btn-new" do
-        New Group
+        New group
diff --git a/app/views/dashboard/_projects_head.html.haml b/app/views/dashboard/_projects_head.html.haml
index 4679b9549d1..64b737ee886 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboard/_projects_head.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/dashboard/_projects_head.html.haml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
     = render 'shared/projects/dropdown'
     - if current_user.can_create_project?
       = link_to new_project_path, class: 'btn btn-new' do
-        New Project
+        New project
diff --git a/app/views/dashboard/issues.html.haml b/app/views/dashboard/issues.html.haml
index 10867140d4f..faa68468043 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboard/issues.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/dashboard/issues.html.haml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   .nav-controls
     = link_to params.merge(rss_url_options), class: 'btn has-tooltip', title: 'Subscribe' do
       = icon('rss')
-    = render 'shared/new_project_item_select', path: 'issues/new', label: "New Issue"
+    = render 'shared/new_project_item_select', path: 'issues/new', label: "New issue"
 
 = render 'shared/issuable/filter', type: :issues
 = render 'shared/issues'
diff --git a/app/views/dashboard/merge_requests.html.haml b/app/views/dashboard/merge_requests.html.haml
index e64c78c4cb8..12966c01950 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboard/merge_requests.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/dashboard/merge_requests.html.haml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .top-area
   = render 'shared/issuable/nav', type: :merge_requests
   .nav-controls
-    = render 'shared/new_project_item_select', path: 'merge_requests/new', label: "New Merge Request"
+    = render 'shared/new_project_item_select', path: 'merge_requests/new', label: "New merge request"
 
 = render 'shared/issuable/filter', type: :merge_requests
 = render 'shared/merge_requests'
diff --git a/app/views/dashboard/milestones/index.html.haml b/app/views/dashboard/milestones/index.html.haml
index 505b475f55b..664ec618b79 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboard/milestones/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/dashboard/milestones/index.html.haml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   = render 'shared/milestones_filter', counts: @milestone_states
 
   .nav-controls
-    = render 'shared/new_project_item_select', path: 'milestones/new', label: 'New Milestone', include_groups: true
+    = render 'shared/new_project_item_select', path: 'milestones/new', label: 'New milestone', include_groups: true
 
 .milestones
   %ul.content-list
diff --git a/features/steps/dashboard/new_project.rb b/features/steps/dashboard/new_project.rb
index d4a04f693b8..4fb16d3bb57 100644
--- a/features/steps/dashboard/new_project.rb
+++ b/features/steps/dashboard/new_project.rb
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ class Spinach::Features::NewProject < Spinach::FeatureSteps
   include SharedPaths
   include SharedProject
 
-  step 'I click "New Project" link' do
+  step 'I click "New project" link' do
     page.within('.content') do
-      click_link "New Project"
+      click_link "New project"
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/features/dashboard/group_spec.rb b/spec/features/dashboard/group_spec.rb
index d5f8470fab0..19f5d1b0f30 100644
--- a/spec/features/dashboard/group_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/dashboard/group_spec.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ RSpec.describe 'Dashboard Group', feature: true do
 
   it 'creates new grpup' do
     visit dashboard_groups_path
-    click_link 'New Group'
+    click_link 'New group'
 
     fill_in 'group_path', with: 'Samurai'
     fill_in 'group_description', with: 'Tokugawa Shogunate'