diff --git a/lib/config/options/index.ts b/lib/config/options/index.ts
index 76a7881dd40fe72a4a06226cd579ecc20e2d74a3..60153f1ef700ddd49bbcb9db64094deec46f075b 100644
--- a/lib/config/options/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/options/index.ts
@@ -2604,11 +2604,11 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
     default: {
       ignoreTopic: 'Renovate Ignore Notification',
       ignoreMajor:
-        'As this PR has been closed unmerged, Renovate will ignore this upgrade and you will not receive PRs for *any* future {{{newMajor}}}.x releases. However, if you upgrade to {{{newMajor}}}.x manually then Renovate will reenable minor and patch updates automatically.',
+        'Because you closed this PR without merging, Renovate will ignore this update. You will not get PRs for *any* future {{{newMajor}}}.x releases. But if you manually upgrade to {{{newMajor}}}.x then Renovate will re-enable `minor` and `patch` updates automatically.',
       ignoreDigest:
-        'As this PR has been closed unmerged, Renovate will ignore this upgrade and you will not receive PRs for the `{{{depName}}}` `{{{newDigestShort}}}` update again.',
+        'Because you closed this PR without merging, Renovate will ignore this update. You will not get PRs for the `{{{depName}}}` `{{{newDigestShort}}}` update again.',
       ignoreOther:
-        'As this PR has been closed unmerged, Renovate will now ignore this update ({{{newValue}}}). You will still receive a PR once a newer version is released, so if you wish to permanently ignore this dependency, please add it to the `ignoreDeps` array of your renovate config.',
+        'Because you closed this PR without merging, Renovate will ignore this update ({{{newValue}}}). You will get a PR once a newer version is released. To ignore this dependency forever, add it to the `ignoreDeps` array of your Renovate config.',
     },
   },
   {
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/config-migration/branch/index.spec.ts b/lib/workers/repository/config-migration/branch/index.spec.ts
index 6e61859b42c5d540a272426d0caaa6f3ddadd9b2..a9f89c60599ebbfa61adcb26efd092f5974b06f8 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/config-migration/branch/index.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/config-migration/branch/index.spec.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ describe('workers/repository/config-migration/branch/index', () => {
         expect(platform.ensureComment).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
         expect(platform.ensureComment).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
           content:
-            '\n\nIf this PR was closed by mistake or you changed your mind, you can simply rename this PR and you will soon get a fresh replacement PR opened.',
+            '\n\nIf you accidentally closed this PR, or if you changed your mind: rename this PR to get a fresh replacement PR.',
           topic: 'Renovate Ignore Notification',
           number: 1,
         });
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/config-migration/branch/index.ts b/lib/workers/repository/config-migration/branch/index.ts
index 7a3ff0d41dfab3ea0056cdeaf3a749dc3b8a06fb..25ee7ea7bc960b850773691854aa202d0a731f30 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/config-migration/branch/index.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/config-migration/branch/index.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ async function handlepr(config: RenovateConfig, pr: Pr): Promise<void> {
       );
     } else {
       const content =
-        '\n\nIf this PR was closed by mistake or you changed your mind, you can simply rename this PR and you will soon get a fresh replacement PR opened.';
+        '\n\nIf you accidentally closed this PR, or if you changed your mind: rename this PR to get a fresh replacement PR.';
       await ensureComment({
         number: pr.number,
         topic: 'Renovate Ignore Notification',
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/handle-existing.ts b/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/handle-existing.ts
index 20ce0dd658814b7e0ac5a29b320f1bb935b5d3f5..aa99ace74af5c8a92c710962ef70885d6e5def7e 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/handle-existing.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/handle-existing.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export async function handleClosedPr(
       content = template.compile(userStrings.ignoreOther, config);
     }
     content +=
-      '\n\nIf this PR was closed by mistake or you changed your mind, you can simply rename this PR and you will soon get a fresh replacement PR opened.';
+      '\n\nIf you accidentally closed this PR, or if you changed your mind: rename this PR to get a fresh replacement PR.';
     if (!config.suppressNotifications!.includes('prIgnoreNotification')) {
       if (GlobalConfig.get('dryRun')) {
         logger.info(