diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index 39de1da367c..47e0ac97b08 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -700,8 +700,8 @@ en:
       long_form: 'flagged this as inappropriate'
     notify_user:
       title: 'Send @{{username}} a message'
-      description: 'I want to talk to this person directly and privately about their post.'
-      short_description: 'I want to talk to this person directly and privately about their post.'
+      description: 'I want to talk to this person directly and personally about their post.'
+      short_description: 'I want to talk to this person directly and personally about their post.'
       long_form: 'messaged user'
       email_title: 'Your post in "%{title}"'
       email_body: "%{link}\n\n%{message}"
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ en:
 
     enable_personal_messages: "Allow trust level 1 (configurable via min trust level to send messages) users to create messages and reply to messages. Note that staff can always send messages no matter what."
     enable_system_message_replies: "Allows users to reply to system messages, even if personal messages are disabled"
-    enable_personal_email_messages: "Allow trust level 4 (configurable via min trust level to send messages) users to send private email messages. Note that staff can always send messages no matter what."
+    enable_personal_email_messages: "Allow trust level 4 (configurable via min trust level to send messages) users to send personal email messages. Note that staff can always send messages no matter what."
 
     enable_long_polling: "Message bus used for notification can use long polling"
     long_polling_base_url: "Base URL used for long polling (when a CDN is serving dynamic content, be sure to set this to origin pull) eg: http://origin.site.com"
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ en:
     create_thumbnails: "Create thumbnails and lightbox images that are too large to fit in a post."
 
     email_time_window_mins: "Wait (n) minutes before sending any notification emails, to give users a chance to edit and finalize their posts."
-    personal_email_time_window_seconds: "Wait (n) seconds before sending any private notification emails, to give users a chance to edit and finalize their messages."
+    personal_email_time_window_seconds: "Wait (n) seconds before sending any personal message notification emails, to give users a chance to edit and finalize their messages."
     email_posts_context: "How many prior replies to include as context in notification emails."
     flush_timings_secs: "How frequently we flush timing data to the server, in seconds."
     title_max_word_length: "The maximum allowed word length, in characters, in a topic title."