diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/token_access/components/token_access.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/token_access/components/token_access.vue
index 5ed1af72f79..0229d226258 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/token_access/components/token_access.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/token_access/components/token_access.vue
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default {
   i18n: {
     toggleLabelTitle: s__('CICD|Limit CI_JOB_TOKEN access'),
     toggleHelpText: s__(
-      `CICD|Manage which projects can use this project's CI_JOB_TOKEN CI/CD variable for API access`,
+      `CICD|Select projects that can be accessed by API requests authenticated with this project's CI_JOB_TOKEN CI/CD variable.`,
     ),
     cardHeaderTitle: s__('CICD|Add an existing project to the scope'),
     formGroupLabel: __('Search for project'),
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/token_access/components/token_projects_table.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/token_access/components/token_projects_table.vue
index c89ac79abb9..777eda1c4d7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/token_access/components/token_projects_table.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/token_access/components/token_projects_table.vue
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default {
   fields: [
     {
       key: 'project',
-      label: __('Projects with access'),
+      label: __('Projects that can be accessed'),
       tdClass: 'gl-p-5!',
       ...defaultTableClasses,
       columnClass: 'gl-w-85p',
diff --git a/app/views/projects/settings/ci_cd/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/settings/ci_cd/show.html.haml
index a4a8ac3e1f9..fc6ee2f1760 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/settings/ci_cd/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/settings/ci_cd/show.html.haml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
       %button.btn.gl-button.btn-default.js-settings-toggle{ type: 'button' }
         = expanded ? _('Collapse') : _('Expand')
       %p
-        = _("Control which projects can use the CI_JOB_TOKEN CI/CD variable for API access to this project. It is a security risk to disable this feature, because unauthorized projects may attempt to retrieve an active token and access the API.")
+        = _("Control which projects can be accessed by API requests authenticated with this project's CI_JOB_TOKEN CI/CD variable. It is a security risk to disable this feature, because unauthorized projects might attempt to retrieve an active token and access the API.")
         = link_to _('Learn more'), help_page_path('api/index', anchor: 'limit-gitlab-cicd-job-token-access'), target: '_blank', rel: 'noopener noreferrer'
     .settings-content
       = render 'ci/token_access/index'
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 0e1b6604f2e..109dd8f1c61 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -5871,7 +5871,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "CICD|Limit CI_JOB_TOKEN access"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "CICD|Manage which projects can use this project's CI_JOB_TOKEN CI/CD variable for API access"
+msgid "CICD|Select projects that can be accessed by API requests authenticated with this project's CI_JOB_TOKEN CI/CD variable."
 msgstr ""
 
 msgid "CICD|The Auto DevOps pipeline runs by default in all projects with no CI/CD configuration file."
@@ -8864,7 +8864,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Control whether to display third-party offers in GitLab."
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Control which projects can use the CI_JOB_TOKEN CI/CD variable for API access to this project. It is a security risk to disable this feature, because unauthorized projects may attempt to retrieve an active token and access the API."
+msgid "Control which projects can be accessed by API requests authenticated with this project's CI_JOB_TOKEN CI/CD variable. It is a security risk to disable this feature, because unauthorized projects might attempt to retrieve an active token and access the API."
 msgstr ""
 
 msgid "Cookie domain"
@@ -26095,6 +26095,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Projects shared with %{group_name}"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Projects that can be accessed"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Projects to index"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -26104,9 +26107,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Projects will be permanently deleted immediately."
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Projects with access"
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "Projects with critical vulnerabilities"
 msgstr ""