diff --git a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/ConsumedApisCard.tsx b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/ConsumedApisCard.tsx
index bd3944e600..1af3f9803a 100644
--- a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/ConsumedApisCard.tsx
+++ b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/ConsumedApisCard.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
   Progress,
   WarningPanel,
 } from '@backstage/core';
+import { Typography } from '@material-ui/core';
 import {
   EntityTable,
   useEntity,
@@ -71,11 +72,15 @@ export const ConsumedApisCard = ({ variant = 'gridItem' }: Props) => {
       title="Consumed APIs"
       variant={variant}
       emptyContent={
-        <div>
-          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 change this.)
-          </Link>
+        <div style={{ textAlign: 'center' }}>
+          <Typography variant="h6">
+            This {entity.kind.toLowerCase()} does not consume any APIs.{' '}
+          </Typography>
+          <Typography variant="body2">
+            <Link to="https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format#specconsumesapis-optional">
+              Learn how to change this.
+            </Link>
+          </Typography>
         </div>
       }
       columns={apiEntityColumns}
diff --git a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/HasApisCard.tsx b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/HasApisCard.tsx
index be4b710d99..3c0efc43be 100644
--- a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/HasApisCard.tsx
+++ b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ApisCards/HasApisCard.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   TableColumn,
   WarningPanel,
 } from '@backstage/core';
+import { Typography } from '@material-ui/core';
 import {
   EntityTable,
   useEntity,
@@ -75,11 +76,15 @@ export const HasApisCard = ({ variant = 'gridItem' }: Props) => {
       title="APIs"
       variant={variant}
       emptyContent={
-        <div>
-          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.)
-          </Link>
+        <div style={{ textAlign: 'center' }}>
+          <Typography variant="h6">
+            This {entity.kind.toLowerCase()} does not contain any APIs.{' '}
+          </Typography>
+          <Typography variant="body2">
+            <Link to="https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format#kind-api">
+              Learn how to change this.
+            </Link>
+          </Typography>
         </div>
       }
       columns={columns}
diff --git a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ComponentsCards/ConsumingComponentsCard.tsx b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ComponentsCards/ConsumingComponentsCard.tsx
index 9269679ec1..fa6a295e58 100644
--- a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ComponentsCards/ConsumingComponentsCard.tsx
+++ b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ComponentsCards/ConsumingComponentsCard.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
   Progress,
   WarningPanel,
 } from '@backstage/core';
+import { Typography } from '@material-ui/core';
 import {
   EntityTable,
   useEntity,
@@ -70,11 +71,13 @@ export const ConsumingComponentsCard = ({ variant = 'gridItem' }: Props) => {
       title="Consumers"
       variant={variant}
       emptyContent={
-        <div>
-          No component consumes this API.{' '}
-          <Link to="https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format#specconsumesapis-optional">
-            (Learn how to consume APIs.)
-          </Link>
+        <div style={{ textAlign: 'center' }}>
+          <Typography variant="h6">No component consumes this API. </Typography>
+          <Typography variant="body2">
+            <Link to="https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format#specconsumesapis-optional">
+              Learn how to change this.
+            </Link>
+          </Typography>
         </div>
       }
       columns={EntityTable.componentEntityColumns}
diff --git a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ComponentsCards/ProvidingComponentsCard.tsx b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ComponentsCards/ProvidingComponentsCard.tsx
index 4e0d49428a..ed4ecec619 100644
--- a/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ComponentsCards/ProvidingComponentsCard.tsx
+++ b/plugins/api-docs/src/components/ComponentsCards/ProvidingComponentsCard.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
   Progress,
   WarningPanel,
 } from '@backstage/core';
+import { Typography } from '@material-ui/core';
 import {
   EntityTable,
   useEntity,
@@ -70,11 +71,13 @@ export const ProvidingComponentsCard = ({ variant = 'gridItem' }: Props) => {
       title="Providers"
       variant={variant}
       emptyContent={
-        <div>
-          No component provides this API.{' '}
-          <Link to="https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format#specprovidesapis-optional">
-            (Learn how to provide APIs.)
-          </Link>
+        <div style={{ textAlign: 'center' }}>
+          <Typography variant="h6">No component provides this API. </Typography>
+          <Typography variant="body2">
+            <Link to="https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format#specprovidesapis-optional">
+              Learn how to change this.
+            </Link>
+          </Typography>
         </div>
       }
       columns={EntityTable.componentEntityColumns}