diff --git a/addons/core/translations/resources/en-us.yaml b/addons/core/translations/resources/en-us.yaml
index 907903983..db9086208 100644
--- a/addons/core/translations/resources/en-us.yaml
+++ b/addons/core/translations/resources/en-us.yaml
@@ -296,7 +296,9 @@ storage-bucket:
   form:
     scope:
       label: Scope
-      help: This storage bucket can be associated with targets in this scope.
+      help: Specify the scope this storage bucket will be available in.
+      help_global: This storage bucket will be available for use with all targets.
+      help_org: This storage bucket will be available for use with targets within this org.
     provider:
       label: Provider
       help: Boundary currently only supports Amazon S3 storage.
diff --git a/ui/admin/app/components/form/storage-bucket/index.hbs b/ui/admin/app/components/form/storage-bucket/index.hbs
index 1cc2f6d3f..d8a9eadfd 100644
--- a/ui/admin/app/components/form/storage-bucket/index.hbs
+++ b/ui/admin/app/components/form/storage-bucket/index.hbs
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@
     >
       <F.Label>{{t 'resources.storage-bucket.form.scope.label'}}</F.Label>
       <F.HelperText>
-        {{t 'resources.storage-bucket.form.scope.help'}}
+        {{this.scopeFieldDescription}}
       </F.HelperText>
       <F.Options>
+        <option disabled hidden selected value=''>
+          {{t 'titles.choose-an-option'}}
+        </option>
         {{#each @scopes as |scope|}}
-          <option
-            value={{scope.model.id}}
-            selected={{eq @model.scopeModel.id scope.model.id}}
-          >
+          <option value={{scope.model.id}}>
             {{scope.model.displayName}}
           </option>
         {{/each}}
@@ -82,9 +82,13 @@
       as |F|
     >
       <F.Label>{{t 'resources.storage-bucket.form.scope.label'}}</F.Label>
-      <F.HelperText>{{t
-          'resources.storage-bucket.form.scope.help'
-        }}</F.HelperText>
+      <F.HelperText>
+        {{#if @model.scopeModel.isGlobal}}
+          {{t 'resources.storage-bucket.form.scope.help_global'}}
+        {{else}}
+          {{t 'resources.storage-bucket.form.scope.help_org'}}
+        {{/if}}
+      </F.HelperText>
     </InfoField>
   {{/if}}
 
diff --git a/ui/admin/app/components/form/storage-bucket/index.js b/ui/admin/app/components/form/storage-bucket/index.js
index 5f8555785..a8a7a4d97 100644
--- a/ui/admin/app/components/form/storage-bucket/index.js
+++ b/ui/admin/app/components/form/storage-bucket/index.js
@@ -5,10 +5,29 @@
 
 import Component from '@glimmer/component';
 import { action } from '@ember/object';
+import { tracked } from '@glimmer/tracking';
+import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 import { set } from '@ember/object';
 
 export default class FormStorageBucketComponent extends Component {
   // =actions
+  @service intl;
+
+  @tracked scopeFieldDescription = this.intl.t(
+    'resources.storage-bucket.form.scope.help'
+  );
+
+  updateScopeFieldDescription() {
+    if (this.args.model.scopeModel.isGlobal) {
+      this.scopeFieldDescription = this.intl.t(
+        'resources.storage-bucket.form.scope.help_global'
+      );
+    } else {
+      this.scopeFieldDescription = this.intl.t(
+        'resources.storage-bucket.form.scope.help_org'
+      );
+    }
+  }
 
   @action
   updateScope(event) {
@@ -17,6 +36,7 @@ export default class FormStorageBucketComponent extends Component {
       (element) => element.model.id === selectedScopeId
     ).model;
     this.args.model.scopeModel = selectedScopeModel;
+    this.updateScopeFieldDescription();
   }
 
   @action