diff --git a/_locales/en/messages.json b/_locales/en/messages.json
index 1bbf7085b2..0bc7f1fcf2 100644
--- a/_locales/en/messages.json
+++ b/_locales/en/messages.json
@@ -835,9 +835,9 @@
       "message": "Hide menu bar",
       "description": "Label text for menu bar visibility setting"
     },
-    "newContact": {
-      "message": "Click to create new contact",
-      "description": ""
+    "startConversation": {
+      "message": "Start conversation…",
+      "description": "Label underneath number a user enters that is not an existing contact"
     },
     "newPhoneNumber": {
       "message": "Enter a phone number to add a contact.",
diff --git a/js/views/conversation_search_view.js b/js/views/conversation_search_view.js
index 3083a15a12..cb34e94a68 100644
--- a/js/views/conversation_search_view.js
+++ b/js/views/conversation_search_view.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     },
     render_attributes() {
       return {
-        number: i18n('newContact'),
+        number: i18n('startConversation'),
         title: this.model.getNumber(),
         avatar: this.model.getAvatar(),
       };