diff --git a/dashboard/src/app/ide/ide.service.js b/dashboard/src/app/ide/ide.service.js
index eff14a7f5bb..e02d86bdc85 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/app/ide/ide.service.js
+++ b/dashboard/src/app/ide/ide.service.js
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ class IdeSvc {
         this.listeningChannels = [];
 
         this.steps = [
-            {text: 'Initialize', inProgressText : 'Initializing', logs: '', hasError: false},
-            {text: 'Start workspace master', inProgressText : 'Starting workspace master', logs: '', hasError: false},
-            {text: 'Inject and start workspace agent', inProgressText : 'Injecting and starting workspace agent', logs: '', hasError: false},
-            {text: 'View IDE', inProgressText : 'Opening IDE', logs: '', hasError: false}
+            {text: 'Initializing workspace', inProgressText : 'Provision workspace and associating it with the existing user', logs: '', hasError: false},
+            {text: 'Starting workspace runtime', inProgressText : 'Retrieving the stack\'s image and launching it', logs: '', hasError: false},
+            {text: 'Starting workspace agent', inProgressText : 'Agents provide RESTful services like intellisense and SSH', logs: '', hasError: false},
+            {text: 'Open IDE', inProgressText : 'Opening IDE', logs: '', hasError: false}
         ];
     }
 
diff --git a/dashboard/src/app/projects/create-project/create-project.service.js b/dashboard/src/app/projects/create-project/create-project.service.js
index 2cf3db17f90..c5ed476d287 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/app/projects/create-project/create-project.service.js
+++ b/dashboard/src/app/projects/create-project/create-project.service.js
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ export class CreateProjectSvc {
 
 
         this.creationSteps = [
-            {text: 'Create and initialize workspace', inProgressText: 'Creating workspace', logs: '', hasError: false},
-            {text: 'Start workspace master', inProgressText: 'Starting workspace master', logs: '', hasError: false},
-            {text: 'Inject and start workspace agent', inProgressText: 'Injecting and starting workspace agent', logs: '', hasError: false},
-            {text: 'Create project', inProgressText: 'Creating project', logs: '', hasError: false},
+            {text: 'Creating and initializing workspace', inProgressText: 'Provision workspace and associating it with the existing user', logs: '', hasError: false},
+            {text: 'Starting workspace runtime', inProgressText: 'Retrieving the stack\'s image and launching it', logs: '', hasError: false},
+            {text: 'Starting workspace agent', inProgressText: 'Agents provide RESTful services like intellisense and SSH', logs: '', hasError: false},
+            {text: 'Creating project', inProgressText: 'Creating and configuring project', logs: '', hasError: false},
             {text: 'Project created', inProgressText: 'Opening project', logs: '', hasError: false}
         ];