diff --git a/site/src/components/Navbar/NavbarView.tsx b/site/src/components/Navbar/NavbarView.tsx
index a2ae924fbb039..32d6d491de008 100644
--- a/site/src/components/Navbar/NavbarView.tsx
+++ b/site/src/components/Navbar/NavbarView.tsx
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ const ProxyMenu: FC<{ proxyContextValue: ProxyContextValue }> = ({
margin: 0,
}}
>
- Reduce workspace latency by selecting the region nearest you.
+ Select a region nearest to you
= ({
marginTop: 0.5,
}}
>
- * Only applies to web connections. Local ssh connections will
- automatically select the nearest region based on latency.
+ Workspace proxies improve terminal and web app connections to
+ workspaces. This does not apply to SSH connections.
theme.palette.divider }} />
diff --git a/site/src/pages/UserSettingsPage/WorkspaceProxyPage/WorkspaceProxyPage.tsx b/site/src/pages/UserSettingsPage/WorkspaceProxyPage/WorkspaceProxyPage.tsx
index 50c4e503646ec..88d337bf43cac 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/UserSettingsPage/WorkspaceProxyPage/WorkspaceProxyPage.tsx
+++ b/site/src/pages/UserSettingsPage/WorkspaceProxyPage/WorkspaceProxyPage.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export const WorkspaceProxyPage: FC> = () => {
const styles = useStyles()
const description =
- "Workspace proxies are used to reduce the latency of connections to your workspaces."
+ "Workspace proxies improve terminal and web app connections to workspaces."
const {
proxyLatencies,