diff --git a/src/CrossSigningManager.js b/src/CrossSigningManager.js
index 8feb651ea5..15daede92b 100644
--- a/src/CrossSigningManager.js
+++ b/src/CrossSigningManager.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ async function getSecretStorageKey({ keys: keyInfos }) {
                 const QuestionDialog = sdk.getComponent("dialogs.QuestionDialog");
                 const [sure] = await Modal.createDialog(QuestionDialog, {
                     title: _t("Cancel entering passphrase?"),
-                    description: _t("If you cancel now, you won't complete your SSSS operation!"),
+                    description: _t("If you cancel now, you won't complete your secret storage operation!"),
                 }).finished;
                 return sure;
             },
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index d125d10cfb..6fb4b86aac 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
     "Server may be unavailable, overloaded, or you hit a bug.": "Server may be unavailable, overloaded, or you hit a bug.",
     "The server does not support the room version specified.": "The server does not support the room version specified.",
     "Failure to create room": "Failure to create room",
+    "Cancel entering passphrase?": "Cancel entering passphrase?",
+    "If you cancel now, you won't complete your secret storage operation!": "If you cancel now, you won't complete your secret storage operation!",
     "Setting up keys": "Setting up keys",
     "Send anyway": "Send anyway",
     "Send": "Send",