diff --git a/addons/mail/data/mail_group_data.xml b/addons/mail/data/mail_group_data.xml
index 15928cd3e26..0c348c4d6eb 100644
--- a/addons/mail/data/mail_group_data.xml
+++ b/addons/mail/data/mail_group_data.xml
@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@
         <function model="mail.group" name="message_append_note">
             <!-- ids, subject, body, parent_id=False, type='notification', content_subtype='html' -->
             <value eval="[ref('mail.group_all_employees')]"/>
-            <value>Module Social Network has been installed</value>
-            <value>Manage all communications on your documents (emails,
-                notifications, comments and discussions) and keep track of
-                news on documents you follow.
-            </value>
+            <value>Welcome to OpenERP!</value>
+            <value>Your homepage is a summary of messages you received and key information about documents you follow.
+
+You can also organize discussions with others people by topics. To do so, &lt;em&gt;create or join existing groups&lt;/em&gt; using the left menu.
+
+The top menu bar contains all applications you installed. You can use this &lt;i&gt;Settings&lt;/i&gt; menu to intall more applications, activate others features or give access to new users.
+
+To setup your preferences (name, email signature, avatar), click on the top right corner.</value>
         </function>
 
     </data>
diff --git a/addons/sale/sale_data.xml b/addons/sale/sale_data.xml
index c93651219af..8617256d23b 100644
--- a/addons/sale/sale_data.xml
+++ b/addons/sale/sale_data.xml
@@ -26,14 +26,10 @@
         <function model="mail.group" name="message_append_note">
             <!-- ids, subject, body, parent_id=False, type='notification', content_subtype='html' -->
             <value eval="[ref('mail.group_all_employees')]"/>
-            <value>Module Sales Management has been installed</value>
-            <value>From the top menu Sales, manage your customers, quotations and
-                sales orders.  With sale orders, you can manage product
-                deliveries and customer invoices.
+            <value>The Sales Management application has been installed.</value>
+            <value>&lt;b&gt;Click on the top menu &lt;i&gt;'Sales'&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/em&gt; to start managing your customers, sending quotations and processing sale orders.
 
-                If you need to manage your sales pipeline (leads, opportunities,
-                phonecalls), you can install the module CRM from the top menu
-                Settings.
+If you need to manage your sales pipeline (leads, opportunities, phonecalls), you can install the module &lt;i&gt;CRM&lt;/i&gt; from the top menu Settings.
             </value>
         </function>
     </data>