diff --git a/modules/system/system.module b/modules/system/system.module
index 76ea922697aa0e5668b161ec260f11e1e14f94c4..981284d4ee935af017021adedf8c946d83a65114 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.module
+++ b/modules/system/system.module
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ function system_help($path, $arg) {
     case 'admin/by-module':
       return '<p>' . t('This page shows you all available administration tasks for each module.') . '</p>';
     case 'admin/appearance':
-      $output = '<p>' . t('Select the default theme for Drupal. To configure site-wide display settings, click the "configure" task above. Alternatively, to override these settings in a specific theme, click the "configure" link for that theme. Note that different themes may have different regions available for displaying content.') . '</p>';
-      $output .= '<p>' . t('To change the appearance of your site, a number of <a href="@themes">contributed themes</a> are available.', array('@themes' => 'http://drupal.org/project/themes')) . '</p>';
+      $output = '<p>' . t('Set and configure the default theme for your website.  Alternative <a href="@themes">themes</a> are available.', array('@themes' => 'http://drupal.org/project/themes')) . '</p>';
       return $output;
     case 'admin/appearance/settings/' . $arg[3]:
       $reference = explode('.', $arg[3], 2);