diff --git a/src/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php b/src/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
index d233b3091e..a5ed447a6f 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
@@ -165,7 +165,9 @@ do_action( "{$taxonomy}_term_edit_form_top", $tag, $taxonomy );
 				$dropdown_args = apply_filters( 'taxonomy_parent_dropdown_args', $dropdown_args, $taxonomy, 'edit' );
 				wp_dropdown_categories( $dropdown_args ); ?>
 				<?php if ( 'category' == $taxonomy ) : ?>
-				<p class="description"><?php _e('Categories, unlike tags, can have a hierarchy. You might have a Jazz category, and under that have children categories for Bebop and Big Band. Totally optional.'); ?></p>
+					<p class="description"><?php _e( 'Categories, unlike tags, can have a hierarchy. You might have a Jazz category, and under that have children categories for Bebop and Big Band. Totally optional.' ); ?></p>
+				<?php else : ?>
+					<p class="description"><?php _e( 'Assign a parent term to create a hierarchy. The term Jazz, for example, would be the parent of Bebop and Big Band.' ); ?></p>
 				<?php endif; ?>
 			</td>
 		</tr>
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/edit-tags.php b/src/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
index 2e4dd35797..20261fe70a 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
@@ -436,8 +436,10 @@ do_action( "{$taxonomy}_term_new_form_tag" );
 
 	wp_dropdown_categories( $dropdown_args );
 	?>
-	<?php if ( 'category' == $taxonomy ) : // @todo: Generic text for hierarchical taxonomies ?>
-		<p><?php _e('Categories, unlike tags, can have a hierarchy. You might have a Jazz category, and under that have children categories for Bebop and Big Band. Totally optional.'); ?></p>
+	<?php if ( 'category' == $taxonomy ) : ?>
+		<p><?php _e( 'Categories, unlike tags, can have a hierarchy. You might have a Jazz category, and under that have children categories for Bebop and Big Band. Totally optional.' ); ?></p>
+	<?php else : ?>
+		<p><?php _e( 'Assign a parent term to create a hierarchy. The term Jazz, for example, would be the parent of Bebop and Big Band.' ); ?></p>
 	<?php endif; ?>
 </div>
 <?php endif; // is_taxonomy_hierarchical() ?>