diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/authenticateBox.ts b/src/frontend/src/components/authenticateBox.ts
index 60a5bfb167..19d715aa47 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/authenticateBox.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/authenticateBox.ts
@@ -333,10 +333,12 @@ const page = (slot: TemplateResult) => {
 // Register this device as a new device with the anchor
 const asNewDevice = async (connection: Connection, userNumber?: bigint) => {
   // Prompt the user for an anchor (only used if we don't know the anchor already)
-  const askUserNumber = async () => {
+  const askUserNumber = async (userNumber?: bigint) => {
     const result = await promptUserNumber({
-      title: "Add a Trusted Device",
-      message: "What’s your Internet Identity?",
+      title: "Continue with another device",
+      message:
+        "Is this your first time connecting to Internet Identity on this device? In the next steps, you will add this device as an Internet Identity passkey. Do you wish to continue?",
+      userNumber,
     });
     if (result === "canceled") {
       // TODO L2-309: do this without reload
@@ -346,8 +348,5 @@ const asNewDevice = async (connection: Connection, userNumber?: bigint) => {
     return result;
   };
 
-  return registerTentativeDevice(
-    userNumber ?? (await askUserNumber()),
-    connection
-  );
+  return registerTentativeDevice(await askUserNumber(userNumber), connection);
 };
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/flows/addDevice/welcomeView/deviceRegistrationModeDisabled.ts b/src/frontend/src/flows/addDevice/welcomeView/deviceRegistrationModeDisabled.ts
index 1f9526b029..c032c5fc1a 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/flows/addDevice/welcomeView/deviceRegistrationModeDisabled.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/flows/addDevice/welcomeView/deviceRegistrationModeDisabled.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const deviceRegistrationDisabledInfoTemplate = ({
 }) => {
   const pageContentSlot = html` <article>
     <hgroup>
-      <h1 class="t-title t-title--main">Continue with another device</h1>
+      <h1 class="t-title t-title--main">Add this device as a passkey</h1>
       <p class="t-lead">
         If this is your first time connecting to Internet Identity on this
         device, follow these steps to continue:
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ const deviceRegistrationDisabledInfoTemplate = ({
     </hgroup>
     <ol class="c-list c-list--numbered l-stack">
       <li>
-        Connect to
-        <strong class="t-strong">${LEGACY_II_URL_NO_PROTOCOL}</strong> on your
-        other device using Internet Identity
-        <strong class="t-strong">${userNumber}</strong>
+        Connect to ${LEGACY_II_URL_NO_PROTOCOL} on a recognized device using
+        Internet Identity ${userNumber}
       </li>
       <li>
         Once you are connected, select “<strong class="t-string"
@@ -33,14 +31,16 @@ const deviceRegistrationDisabledInfoTemplate = ({
         >”
       </li>
     </ol>
-    <p class="t-paragraph t-strong">Then, press Retry below.</p>
+    <p class="t-paragraph">
+      Then, press <strong class="t-strong">Refresh</strong> below.
+    </p>
     <div class="l-stack">
       <button
         id="deviceRegModeDisabledRetry"
         class="c-button"
         @click=${() => retry()}
       >
-        Retry
+        Refresh
       </button>
       <button
         id="deviceRegModeDisabledCancel"