diff --git a/web/react/components/activity_log_modal.jsx b/web/react/components/activity_log_modal.jsx
index 7cce807a93..90f139e8b1 100644
--- a/web/react/components/activity_log_modal.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/activity_log_modal.jsx
@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                         <div className="modal-content">
                             <div className="modal-header">
                                 <button type="button" className="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span></button>
-                                <h4 className="modal-title" id="myModalLabel">Active Devices</h4>
+                                <h4 className="modal-title" id="myModalLabel">Active Sessions</h4>
                             </div>
+                            <p className="session-help-text">Sessions are created when you log in with your email and password to a new browser on a device. Sessions let you use Mattermost for up to 30 days without having to log in again. If you want to log out sooner, use the "Logout" button below to end a session.</p>
                             <div ref="modalBody" className="modal-body">
                                 <form role="form">
                                 { activityList }
diff --git a/web/react/components/user_settings.jsx b/web/react/components/user_settings.jsx
index 2ac9a2371c..e1ae6da526 100644
--- a/web/react/components/user_settings.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/user_settings.jsx
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ var SecurityTab = React.createClass({
                     <br></br>
                     <a data-toggle="modal" className="security-links theme" data-target="#access-history" href="#" onClick={this.handleHistoryOpen}><i className="fa fa-clock-o"></i>View Access History</a>
                     <b>   </b>
-                    <a data-toggle="modal" className="security-links theme" data-target="#activity-log" href="#" onClick={this.handleDevicesOpen}><i className="fa fa-globe"></i>View and Logout of Active Devices</a>
+                    <a data-toggle="modal" className="security-links theme" data-target="#activity-log" href="#" onClick={this.handleDevicesOpen}><i className="fa fa-globe"></i>View and Logout of Active Sessions</a>
                 </div>
             </div>
         );
diff --git a/web/sass-files/sass/partials/_activity-log.scss b/web/sass-files/sass/partials/_activity-log.scss
index 36eb487503..3f0c3090de 100644
--- a/web/sass-files/sass/partials/_activity-log.scss
+++ b/web/sass-files/sass/partials/_activity-log.scss
@@ -28,4 +28,7 @@
     .report__info {
         color: #999;
     }
+}
+.session-help-text {
+    padding: 20px 20px 5px 20px;
 }
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