diff --git a/public/components/acceleration/create/__tests__/__snapshots__/create_acceleration.test.tsx.snap b/public/components/acceleration/create/__tests__/__snapshots__/create_acceleration.test.tsx.snap
index 23c295bd..054b1f0e 100644
--- a/public/components/acceleration/create/__tests__/__snapshots__/create_acceleration.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/public/components/acceleration/create/__tests__/__snapshots__/create_acceleration.test.tsx.snap
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Array [
                       <div
                         class="euiTextColor euiTextColor--subdued"
                       >
-                        Select data connection where the data you want to accelerate resides.
+                        Select the data source to accelerate data from. External data sources may take time to load.
                       </div>
                     </div>
                     <div
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ Array [
                         <div
                           className="euiTextColor euiTextColor--subdued"
                         >
-                          Select data connection where the data you want to accelerate resides.
+                          Select the data source to accelerate data from. External data sources may take time to load.
                         </div>
                       </div>,
                       <div
diff --git a/public/components/acceleration/selectors/__tests__/__snapshots__/source_selector.test.tsx.snap b/public/components/acceleration/selectors/__tests__/__snapshots__/source_selector.test.tsx.snap
index 47b7da24..23129c8e 100644
--- a/public/components/acceleration/selectors/__tests__/__snapshots__/source_selector.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/public/components/acceleration/selectors/__tests__/__snapshots__/source_selector.test.tsx.snap
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Array [
     <div
       className="euiTextColor euiTextColor--subdued"
     >
-      Select data connection where the data you want to accelerate resides.
+      Select the data source to accelerate data from. External data sources may take time to load.
     </div>
   </div>,
   <div
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ Array [
     <div
       className="euiTextColor euiTextColor--subdued"
     >
-      Select data connection where the data you want to accelerate resides.
+      Select the data source to accelerate data from. External data sources may take time to load.
     </div>
   </div>,
   <div
diff --git a/public/components/acceleration/selectors/source_selector.tsx b/public/components/acceleration/selectors/source_selector.tsx
index ea365876..d558e1dd 100644
--- a/public/components/acceleration/selectors/source_selector.tsx
+++ b/public/components/acceleration/selectors/source_selector.tsx
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export const AccelerationDataSourceSelector = ({
       </EuiText>
       <EuiSpacer size="s" />
       <EuiText size="s" color="subdued">
-        Select data connection where the data you want to accelerate resides.
+        Select the data source to accelerate data from. External data sources may take time to load.
       </EuiText>
       <EuiSpacer size="s" />
       <EuiFormRow