diff --git a/res/css/_components.scss b/res/css/_components.scss
index 50e8eb11d15..2734939ae32 100644
--- a/res/css/_components.scss
+++ b/res/css/_components.scss
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 @import "./views/dialogs/_ConfirmUserActionDialog.scss";
 @import "./views/dialogs/_CreateGroupDialog.scss";
 @import "./views/dialogs/_CreateRoomDialog.scss";
+@import "./views/dialogs/_DeactivateAccountDialog.scss";
 @import "./views/dialogs/_DevtoolsDialog.scss";
 @import "./views/dialogs/_EncryptedEventDialog.scss";
 @import "./views/dialogs/_GroupAddressPicker.scss";
diff --git a/res/css/views/dialogs/_DeactivateAccountDialog.scss b/res/css/views/dialogs/_DeactivateAccountDialog.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc76da5b151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/css/views/dialogs/_DeactivateAccountDialog.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 New Vector Ltd.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+.mx_DeactivateAccountDialog .mx_Dialog_content {
+    margin-bottom: 30px;
+}
+
+.mx_DeactivateAccountDialog .mx_DeactivateAccountDialog_input_section {
+    margin-top: 60px;
+}
diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/DeactivateAccountDialog.js b/src/components/views/dialogs/DeactivateAccountDialog.js
index 104419f2eff..761a1e42096 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/DeactivateAccountDialog.js
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/DeactivateAccountDialog.js
@@ -162,50 +162,58 @@ export default class DeactivateAccountDialog extends React.Component {
                 <div className="mx_Dialog_content">
                     <p>{ _t(
                         "This will make your account permanently unusable. " +
-                        "You will not be able to log in, and no one will be able " +
-                        "to re-register the same user ID. " +
+                        "You will not be able to log in, and no one will be able to re-register the same " +
+                        "user ID. " +
+                        "This will cause your account to leave all rooms it is participating in, and it " +
+                        "will remove your account details from your identity server. " +
                         "<b>This action is irreversible.</b>",
                         {},
                         { b: (sub) => <b> { sub } </b> },
                     ) }</p>
 
                     <p>{ _t(
-                        "Deactivating your account <b>does not by default erase messages you have sent.</b> " +
-                        "If you would like to erase your messages, please tick the box below.",
+                        "Deactivating your account <b>does not by default cause us to forget messages you " +
+                        "have sent.</b> " +
+                        "If you would like us to forget your messages, please tick the box below.",
                         {},
                         { b: (sub) => <b> { sub } </b> },
                     ) }</p>
 
                     <p>{ _t(
                         "Message visibility in Matrix is similar to email. " +
-                        "Erasing your messages means that messages have you sent will not be shared with " +
-                        "any new or unregistered users, but registered users who already had access to " +
-                        "these messages will still have access to their copy.",
+                        "Our forgetting your messages means that messages you have sent will not be shared " +
+                        "with any new or unregistered users, but registered users who already have access " +
+                        "to these messages will still have access to their copy.",
                     ) }</p>
 
-                    <p>{ _t("To continue, please enter your password:") }</p>
-                    <input
-                        type="password"
-                        placeholder={_t("password")}
-                        onChange={this._onPasswordFieldChange}
-                        ref={(e) => {this._passwordField = e;}}
-                        className={passwordBoxClass}
-                    />
-
-                    <p>
-                        <label for="mx_DeactivateAccountDialog_erase_account_input">{ _t(
-                            "Please erase all messages I have sent when my account is deactivated. " +
-                            "(Warning: this will cause future users to see an incomplete view of conversations, " +
-                            "which is a bad experience).",
-                        ) }
-                            <input
-                                id="mx_DeactivateAccountDialog_erase_account_input"
-                                type="checkbox"
-                                checked={this.state.shouldErase}
-                                onChange={this._onEraseFieldChange}
-                            />
-                        </label>
-                    </p>
+                    <div className="mx_DeactivateAccountDialog_input_section">
+                        <p>
+                            <label htmlFor="mx_DeactivateAccountDialog_erase_account_input">
+                                <input
+                                    id="mx_DeactivateAccountDialog_erase_account_input"
+                                    type="checkbox"
+                                    checked={this.state.shouldErase}
+                                    onChange={this._onEraseFieldChange}
+                                />
+                                { _t(
+                                    "Please forget all messages I have sent when my account is deactivated " +
+                                    "(<b>Warning:</b> this will cause future users to see an incomplete view " +
+                                    "of conversations)",
+                                    {},
+                                    { b: (sub) => <b>{ sub }</b> },
+                                ) }
+                            </label>
+                        </p>
+
+                        <p>{ _t("To continue, please enter your password:") }</p>
+                        <input
+                            type="password"
+                            placeholder={_t("password")}
+                            onChange={this._onPasswordFieldChange}
+                            ref={(e) => {this._passwordField = e;}}
+                            className={passwordBoxClass}
+                        />
+                    </div>
 
                     { error }
                 </div>
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index a384a7c2126..093073f1496 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -785,12 +785,12 @@
     "Unknown error": "Unknown error",
     "Incorrect password": "Incorrect password",
     "Deactivate Account": "Deactivate Account",
-    "This will make your account permanently unusable. You will not be able to log in, and no one will be able to re-register the same user ID. <b>This action is irreversible.</b>": "This will make your account permanently unusable. You will not be able to log in, and no one will be able to re-register the same user ID. <b>This action is irreversible.</b>",
-    "Deactivating your account <b>does not by default erase messages you have sent.</b> If you would like to erase your messages, please tick the box below.": "Deactivating your account <b>does not by default erase messages you have sent.</b> If you would like to erase your messages, please tick the box below.",
-    "Message visibility in Matrix is similar to email. Erasing your messages means that messages have you sent will not be shared with any new or unregistered users, but registered users who already had access to these messages will still have access to their copy.": "Message visibility in Matrix is similar to email. Erasing your messages means that messages have you sent will not be shared with any new or unregistered users, but registered users who already had access to these messages will still have access to their copy.",
+    "This will make your account permanently unusable. You will not be able to log in, and no one will be able to re-register the same user ID. This will cause your account to leave all rooms it is participating in, and it will remove your account details from your identity server. <b>This action is irreversible.</b>": "This will make your account permanently unusable. You will not be able to log in, and no one will be able to re-register the same user ID. This will cause your account to leave all rooms it is participating in, and it will remove your account details from your identity server. <b>This action is irreversible.</b>",
+    "Deactivating your account <b>does not by default cause us to forget messages you have sent.</b> If you would like us to forget your messages, please tick the box below.": "Deactivating your account <b>does not by default cause us to forget messages you have sent.</b> If you would like us to forget your messages, please tick the box below.",
+    "Message visibility in Matrix is similar to email. Our forgetting your messages means that messages you have sent will not be shared with any new or unregistered users, but registered users who already have access to these messages will still have access to their copy.": "Message visibility in Matrix is similar to email. Our forgetting your messages means that messages you have sent will not be shared with any new or unregistered users, but registered users who already have access to these messages will still have access to their copy.",
+    "Please forget all messages I have sent when my account is deactivated (<b>Warning:</b> this will cause future users to see an incomplete view of conversations)": "Please forget all messages I have sent when my account is deactivated (<b>Warning:</b> this will cause future users to see an incomplete view of conversations)",
     "To continue, please enter your password:": "To continue, please enter your password:",
     "password": "password",
-    "Please erase all messages I have sent when my account is deactivated. (Warning: this will cause future users to see an incomplete view of conversations, which is a bad experience).": "Please erase all messages I have sent when my account is deactivated. (Warning: this will cause future users to see an incomplete view of conversations, which is a bad experience).",
     "To verify that this device can be trusted, please contact its owner using some other means (e.g. in person or a phone call) and ask them whether the key they see in their User Settings for this device matches the key below:": "To verify that this device can be trusted, please contact its owner using some other means (e.g. in person or a phone call) and ask them whether the key they see in their User Settings for this device matches the key below:",
     "Device name": "Device name",
     "Device key": "Device key",