diff --git a/app/models/site_setting.rb b/app/models/site_setting.rb
index 320ecaa3a3e..0187be422c5 100644
--- a/app/models/site_setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/site_setting.rb
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ class SiteSetting < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   client_setting(:relative_date_duration, 14)
 
-  client_setting(:delete_user_max_age, 7)
+  client_setting(:delete_user_max_age, 14)
   setting(:delete_all_posts_max, 10)
 
   setting(:username_change_period, 3) # days
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index b83b89a5e12..87a50ee59d0 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -1271,9 +1271,9 @@ en:
         delete_forbidden:
           one: "Users can't be deleted if they registered more than %{count} day ago, or if they have posts. Delete all posts before trying to delete a user."
           other: "Users can't be deleted if they registered more than %{count} days ago, or if they have posts. Delete all posts before trying to delete a user."
-        delete_confirm: "Are you SURE you want to permanently delete this user from the site? This action is permanent!"
-        delete_and_block: "<b>Yes</b>, and <b>block</b> signups with the same email address"
-        delete_dont_block: "<b>Yes</b>, and <b>allow</b> signups with the same email address"
+        delete_confirm: "Are you SURE you want to delete this user? This action is permanent!"
+        delete_and_block: "<b>Yes</b>, and <b>block</b> any future signup attempts with this email address"
+        delete_dont_block: "<b>Yes</b>, but <b>allow</b> future signups with this email address"
         deleted: "The user was deleted."
         delete_failed: "There was an error deleting that user. Make sure all posts are deleted before trying to delete the user."
         send_activation_email: "Send Activation Email"