diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_bundle.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_bundle.js.es6
index 5a884c3f89647f46e7c28efc06313883f0be34e3..f1ddd139c48683cba00c1075e0cd8d0fd58245b3 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_bundle.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_bundle.js.es6
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ $(() => {
     components: {
       'stage-issue-component': gl.cycleAnalytics.StageIssueComponent,
       'stage-plan-component': gl.cycleAnalytics.StagePlanComponent,
-      'stage-code-component': gl .cycleAnalytics.StageCodeComponent,
+      'stage-code-component': gl.cycleAnalytics.StageCodeComponent,
       'stage-test-component': gl.cycleAnalytics.StageTestComponent,
       'stage-review-component': gl.cycleAnalytics.StageReviewComponent,
       'stage-staging-component': gl.cycleAnalytics.StageStagingComponent,
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_store.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_store.js.es6
index 5e28a273f9b6b646f815197ec24c86e195cc7eed..9b90587416745cb1dd0ad3fc0be7ed2f60f74f54 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_store.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_store.js.es6
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 ((global) => {
   global.cycleAnalytics = global.cycleAnalytics || {};
 
+  const EMPTY_STAGE_TEXTS = {
+    issue: 'The issue stage shows the time it takes from creating an issue to assigning the issue to a milestone, or add the issue to a list on your Issue Board. Begin creating issues to see data for this stage.',
+    plan: 'The planning stage shows the time from the previous step to pushing your first commit. This time will be added automatically once you push your first commit.',
+    code: 'The coding stage shows the time from the first commit to creating the merge request. The data will automatically be added here once you create your first merge request.',
+    test: 'The testing stage shows the time GitLab CI takes to run every pipeline for the related merge request. The data will automatically be added after your first pipeline finishes running.',
+    review: 'The review stage shows the time from creating the merge request to merging it. The data will automatically be added after you merge your first merge request.',
+    staging: 'The staging stage shows the time between merging the MR and deploying code to the production environment. The data will be automatically added once you deploy to production for the first time.',
+    production: 'The production stage shows the total time it takes between creating an issue and deploying the code to production. The data will be automatically added once you have completed the full idea to production cycle.',
+  };
+
   global.cycleAnalytics.CycleAnalyticsStore = {
     state: {
       summary: '',
@@ -27,6 +37,7 @@
         const stageName = item.title.toLowerCase();
         item.active = false;
         item.isUserAllowed = data.permissions[stageName];
+        item.emptyStageText = EMPTY_STAGE_TEXTS[stageName];
         item.component = `stage-${stageName}-component`;
       });
       newData.analytics = data;
diff --git a/app/views/projects/cycle_analytics/_empty_stage.html.haml b/app/views/projects/cycle_analytics/_empty_stage.html.haml
index 06c42bff576ec41a7ff73350e87c354df07b9ea7..b200ce22970389db7c5cc48b969adf8686abdf07 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/cycle_analytics/_empty_stage.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/cycle_analytics/_empty_stage.html.haml
@@ -4,9 +4,4 @@
       = custom_icon ('icon_no_data')
     %h4 We don’t have enough data to show this stage.
     %p
-      The test phase measures the median time to run the entire pipeline for that project.
-      It’s related to the time GitLab CI takes to run every job for the commits pushed
-      to that merge request defined in the previous stage.
-      Learn more about the
-      %a{ :href => "https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/user/project/cycle_analytics.html" }
-        expected workflow and calculations.
+      {{currentStage.emptyStageText}}