diff --git a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/ConsumedApisCard.tsx b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/ConsumedApisCard.tsx
index adfa3cd34c..bd3944e600 100644
--- a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/ConsumedApisCard.tsx
+++ b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/ConsumedApisCard.tsx
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ export const ConsumedApisCard = ({ variant = 'gridItem' }: Props) => {
       variant={variant}
       emptyContent={
         <div>
-          No Component consumes this API.{' '}
+          This {entity.kind.toLowerCase()} does not consume any APIs.{' '}
           <Link to="https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format#specconsumesapis-optional">
-            Learn how to consume APIs.
+            (Learn how to change this.)
           </Link>
         </div>
       }
diff --git a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/HasApisCard.tsx b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/HasApisCard.tsx
index c3e636b1f1..be4b710d99 100644
--- a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/HasApisCard.tsx
+++ b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/HasApisCard.tsx
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ export const HasApisCard = ({ variant = 'gridItem' }: Props) => {
       variant={variant}
       emptyContent={
         <div>
-          No API is part of this system.{' '}
+          This {entity.kind.toLowerCase()} does not contain any APIs.{' '}
           <Link to="https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format#kind-api">
-            Learn how to add APIs.
+            (Learn how to add APIs.)
           </Link>
         </div>
       }
diff --git a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/ProvidedApisCard.tsx b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/ProvidedApisCard.tsx
index f02390b6d6..db045fb21f 100644
--- a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/ProvidedApisCard.tsx
+++ b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/ProvidedApisCard.tsx
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ export const ProvidedApisCard = ({ variant = 'gridItem' }: Props) => {
       variant={variant}
       emptyContent={
         <div>
-          No component provides this API.{' '}
+          This {entity.kind.toLowerCase()} does not provide it's own APIs.{' '}
           <Link to="https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format#specprovidesapis-optional">
-            Learn how to provide APIs.
+            (Learn how to change this.)
           </Link>
         </div>
       }
diff --git a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ComponentsCards/ConsumingComponentsCard.tsx b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ComponentsCards/ConsumingComponentsCard.tsx
index 7e4d97fece..9269679ec1 100644
--- a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ComponentsCards/ConsumingComponentsCard.tsx
+++ b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ComponentsCards/ConsumingComponentsCard.tsx
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export const ConsumingComponentsCard = ({ variant = 'gridItem' }: Props) => {
         <div>
           No component consumes this API.{' '}
           <Link to="https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format#specconsumesapis-optional">
-            Learn how to consume APIs.
+            (Learn how to consume APIs.)
           </Link>
         </div>
       }
diff --git a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ComponentsCards/ProvidingComponentsCard.tsx b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ComponentsCards/ProvidingComponentsCard.tsx
index d755d8b5af..4e0d49428a 100644
--- a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ComponentsCards/ProvidingComponentsCard.tsx
+++ b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ComponentsCards/ProvidingComponentsCard.tsx
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export const ProvidingComponentsCard = ({ variant = 'gridItem' }: Props) => {
         <div>
           No component provides this API.{' '}
           <Link to="https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format#specprovidesapis-optional">
-            Learn how to provide APIs.
+            (Learn how to provide APIs.)
           </Link>
         </div>
       }