diff --git a/locales/en/app.json b/locales/en/app.json
index a852e6505..e31c7d50a 100644
--- a/locales/en/app.json
+++ b/locales/en/app.json
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
   "microphone_level": {
     "label": "Microphone level",
     "no_device": "No microphone found. Connect one, then try again.",
-    "permission_denied": "Element Call cannot use your microphone. Allow access in your browser settings.",
+    "permission_denied": "Microphone access is blocked. Allow it, then try again.",
     "value": "{{level}} of {{max}}"
   },
   "microphone_off": "Microphone off",
diff --git a/src/components/MicrophoneLevelMeter.stories.tsx b/src/components/MicrophoneLevelMeter.stories.tsx
index e8ed79aab..8efbd374b 100644
--- a/src/components/MicrophoneLevelMeter.stories.tsx
+++ b/src/components/MicrophoneLevelMeter.stories.tsx
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export const PermissionDenied: Story = {
     const canvas = within(canvasElement);
     await expect(canvas.queryByRole("meter")).toBeNull();
     await expect(
-      canvas.getByText(/Allow access in your browser settings/),
+      canvas.getByText(/Microphone access is blocked/),
     ).toBeVisible();
   },
 };
diff --git a/src/components/MicrophoneLevelMeter.test.tsx b/src/components/MicrophoneLevelMeter.test.tsx
index cd7a2ceb6..b215f39e9 100644
--- a/src/components/MicrophoneLevelMeter.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/MicrophoneLevelMeter.test.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe("MicrophoneLevelMeter", () => {
     );
     // A next action, not a flat meter that reads as silence.
     expect(
-      denied.getByText(/Allow access in your browser settings/),
+      denied.getByText(/Microphone access is blocked/),
     ).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(denied.queryByRole("meter")).toBeNull();