diff --git a/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/ByScript.tsx b/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/ByScript.tsx
index d03c825e2..857945e20 100644
--- a/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/ByScript.tsx
+++ b/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/ByScript.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import React from 'react';
+import moment from 'moment';
 import { NodeAdd } from './NodeAdd';
 import { useTheme } from 'styled-components';
 import TextSelectCopy from 'teleport/components/TextSelectCopy';
@@ -22,7 +23,10 @@ import { Alert, Text, Indicator, Box, ButtonLink } from 'design';
 
 export default function ByScript(props: Props) {
   const monoFont = useTheme().fonts.mono;
-  const { script, expires, getJoinToken, attempt, ...style } = props;
+  const { script, expiry, getJoinToken, attempt, ...style } = props;
+
+  const duration = moment(new Date()).diff(expiry);
+  const expiresText = moment.duration(duration).humanize();
 
   if (attempt.status === 'processing') {
     return (
@@ -39,11 +43,11 @@ export default function ByScript(props: Props) {
   return (
     <>
       <Text {...style}>
-        Use the auto installer script to add a server to your cluster.
+        Use below script to add a server to your cluster.
         <br />
-        Script will be valid for{' '}
+        The script will be valid for{' '}
         <Text bold as={'span'}>
-          {expires}.
+          {expiresText}.
         </Text>
       </Text>
       <TextSelectCopy text={script} style={{ fontFamily: monoFont }} mb={2} />
@@ -58,7 +62,7 @@ type PropTypes = Parameters<typeof NodeAdd>[0];
 
 type Props = {
   script: string;
-  expires: string;
+  expiry: PropTypes['expiry'];
   getJoinToken: PropTypes['createJoinToken'];
   attempt: PropTypes['attempt'];
   // handles styles
diff --git a/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/NodeAdd.story.tsx b/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/NodeAdd.story.tsx
index 5e2d42eca..1334edbb3 100644
--- a/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/NodeAdd.story.tsx
+++ b/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/NodeAdd.story.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const sample = {
     isEnterprise: true,
     canCreateToken: true,
     script: 'some bash script',
-    expires: '4h0m0s',
+    expiry: new Date('3000-10-14'),
     attempt: {
       status: 'success',
       statusText: '',
diff --git a/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/NodeAdd.tsx b/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/NodeAdd.tsx
index 73d70593c..66a013ce8 100644
--- a/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/NodeAdd.tsx
+++ b/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/NodeAdd.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export function NodeAdd(props: ReturnType<typeof useNodeAdd>) {
     onClose,
     createJoinToken,
     script,
-    expires,
+    expiry,
     attempt,
   } = props;
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export function NodeAdd(props: ReturnType<typeof useNodeAdd>) {
         isEnterprise={isEnterprise}
         onClose={onClose}
         script={script}
-        expires={expires}
+        expiry={expiry}
         createJoinToken={createJoinToken}
         attempt={attempt}
       />
diff --git a/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/NodeAddEnterprise.tsx b/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/NodeAddEnterprise.tsx
index d5ba1ca4e..c009bba59 100644
--- a/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/NodeAddEnterprise.tsx
+++ b/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/NodeAddEnterprise.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import NodeAddDefault from './NodeAddOSS';
 export default function NodeAddEnterprise({
   onClose,
   script,
-  expires,
+  expiry,
   createJoinToken,
   canCreateToken,
   version,
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export default function NodeAddEnterprise({
         {activeTab.title === 'Automatically' ? (
           <NodeAddByScript
             script={script}
-            expires={expires}
+            expiry={expiry}
             getJoinToken={createJoinToken}
             attempt={attempt}
             mb={3}
diff --git a/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/__snapshots__/NodeAdd.story.test.tsx.snap b/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/__snapshots__/NodeAdd.story.test.tsx.snap
index 7d6ce8e50..fdebe31bb 100644
--- a/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/__snapshots__/NodeAdd.story.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/__snapshots__/NodeAdd.story.test.tsx.snap
@@ -627,14 +627,14 @@ exports[`success state 1`] = `
         <div
           class="c12"
         >
-          Use the auto installer script to add a server to your cluster.
+          Use below script to add a server to your cluster.
           <br />
-          Script will be valid for
+          The script will be valid for
            
           <span
             class="c13"
           >
-            4h0m0s
+            980 years
             .
           </span>
         </div>
diff --git a/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/useNodeAdd.ts b/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/useNodeAdd.ts
index 9822cbae2..e0ac2815b 100644
--- a/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/useNodeAdd.ts
+++ b/packages/teleport/src/Nodes/NodeAdd/useNodeAdd.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default function useNodeAdd(ctx: TeleportContext, onClose: () => void) {
   const isEnterprise = cfg.isEnterprise;
 
   const [script, setScript] = useState('');
-  const [expires, setExpires] = useState('');
+  const [expiry, setExpiry] = useState<Date>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (isEnterprise && canCreateToken) {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export default function useNodeAdd(ctx: TeleportContext, onClose: () => void) {
 
   function createJoinToken() {
     return ctx.nodeService.createNodeJoinToken().then(token => {
-      setExpires(token.expires);
+      setExpiry(token.expiry);
       setScript(
         `sudo bash -c "$(curl -sSL ${cfg.getNodeJoinScriptUrl(token.id)})"`
       );
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export default function useNodeAdd(ctx: TeleportContext, onClose: () => void) {
     onClose,
     createJoinToken,
     script,
-    expires,
+    expiry,
     attempt,
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/teleport/src/services/nodes/makeNodeJoinToken.ts b/packages/teleport/src/services/nodes/makeNodeJoinToken.ts
index a931ceb28..9973b1553 100644
--- a/packages/teleport/src/services/nodes/makeNodeJoinToken.ts
+++ b/packages/teleport/src/services/nodes/makeNodeJoinToken.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ import { at } from 'lodash';
 import { NodeJoinToken } from './types';
 
 export default function makeToken(json): NodeJoinToken {
-  const [id, expires] = at(json, ['id', 'expires']);
+  const [id, expiry] = at(json, ['id', 'expiry']);
 
   return {
     id,
-    expires,
+    expiry: new Date(expiry),
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/teleport/src/services/nodes/types.ts b/packages/teleport/src/services/nodes/types.ts
index 80fe5783b..445c99393 100644
--- a/packages/teleport/src/services/nodes/types.ts
+++ b/packages/teleport/src/services/nodes/types.ts
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ export interface Node {
 
 export interface NodeJoinToken {
   id: string;
-  expires: string;
+  expiry: Date;
 }