diff --git a/ui/core/app/templates/scopes/scope/auth-methods/auth-method/accounts/account/-header.hbs b/ui/core/app/templates/scopes/scope/auth-methods/auth-method/accounts/account/-header.hbs
index c74f1844c..965f6b6ac 100644
--- a/ui/core/app/templates/scopes/scope/auth-methods/auth-method/accounts/account/-header.hbs
+++ b/ui/core/app/templates/scopes/scope/auth-methods/auth-method/accounts/account/-header.hbs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   {{t "resources.account.title"}}
   <DocLink @doc="account" @iconSize="large" />
 </h2>
+<p>{{t "resources.account.description"}}</p>
 <Copyable
   @text={{@model.id}}
   @buttonText={{t "actions.copy-to-clipboard"}}
diff --git a/ui/core/translations/resources/en-us.yaml b/ui/core/translations/resources/en-us.yaml
index 34e1a47d8..bb58fa843 100644
--- a/ui/core/translations/resources/en-us.yaml
+++ b/ui/core/translations/resources/en-us.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 account:
   title: Account
   title_plural: Accounts
-  description: Accounts associate an IAM user with an auth method
+  description: An account allows a user to log into Boundary with a particular auth method. Users may have multiple accounts for different auth methods.
   messages:
     welcome:
       title: Welcome to Accounts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ account:
 auth-method:
   title: Auth Method
   title_plural: Auth Methods
-  description: An authentication method is a method configured for an Organization to authenticate Users. An Authentication Method is owned by one and only one Organization.
+  description: Auth methods govern how an organization’s users can login to Boundary. Boundary’s default auth method is username & passwords.
   messages:
     welcome:
       title: Welcome to Auth Methods