diff --git a/src/wp-admin/network/site-users.php b/src/wp-admin/network/site-users.php
index e722b264d0..3e4fd5fe1b 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/network/site-users.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/network/site-users.php
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ if ( current_user_can( 'create_users' ) && apply_filters( 'show_network_site_use
 			</select></td>
 		</tr>
 		<tr class="form-field">
-			<td colspan="2"><?php _e( 'Username and password will be mailed to the above email address.' ) ?></td>
+			<td colspan="2"><?php _e( 'A password reset link will be sent to the user via email.' ) ?></td>
 		</tr>
 	</table>
 	<?php wp_nonce_field( 'add-user', '_wpnonce_add-new-user' ) ?>
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/network/user-new.php b/src/wp-admin/network/user-new.php
index 6a0d02cd02..ba8969788b 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/network/user-new.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/network/user-new.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ if ( isset( $add_user_errors ) && is_wp_error( $add_user_errors ) ) { ?>
 			<td><input type="email" class="regular-text" name="user[email]" id="email"/></td>
 		</tr>
 		<tr class="form-field">
-			<td colspan="2"><?php _e( 'Username and password will be mailed to the above email address.' ) ?></td>
+			<td colspan="2"><?php _e( 'A password reset link will be sent to the user via email.' ) ?></td>
 		</tr>
 	</table>
 	<?php wp_nonce_field( 'add-user', '_wpnonce_add-user' ); ?>