diff --git a/news/capture-user.rst b/news/capture-user.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b789d46e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/capture-user.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* Better wording on the capture user info functionality
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/src/diffpy/utils/tools.py b/src/diffpy/utils/tools.py
index 1dfb8284..82cca8c9 100644
--- a/src/diffpy/utils/tools.py
+++ b/src/diffpy/utils/tools.py
@@ -77,13 +77,9 @@ def _sorted_merge(*dicts):
 
 def _create_global_config(args):
     username = input(
-        f"Please enter the name of the user to put in the diffpy global config file "
-        f"[{args.get('username', '')}]:  "
+        f"Please enter the name you would want future work to be credited to " f"[{args.get('username', '')}]:  "
     ).strip() or args.get("username", "")
-    email = input(
-        f"Please enter the email of the user to put in the diffpy global config file "
-        f"[{args.get('email', '')}]:  "
-    ).strip() or args.get("email", "")
+    email = input(f"Please enter the your email " f"[{args.get('email', '')}]:  ").strip() or args.get("email", "")
     return_bool = False if username is None or email is None else True
     with open(Path().home() / "diffpyconfig.json", "w") as f:
         f.write(json.dumps({"username": stringify(username), "email": stringify(email)}))
@@ -114,6 +110,15 @@ def get_user_info(args=None):
     global_config = load_config(Path().home() / "diffpyconfig.json")
     local_config = load_config(Path().cwd() / "diffpyconfig.json")
     if global_config is None and local_config is None:
+        print(
+            "No global configuration file was found containing "
+            "information about the user to associate with the data.\n"
+            "By following the prompts below you can add your name and email to this file on the current"
+            " computer and your name will be automatically associated with subsequent diffpy data by default.\n"
+            "This is not recommended on a shared or public computer. "
+            "You will only have to do that once.\n"
+            "For more information, please refer to www.diffpy.org/diffpy.utils/examples/toolsexample.html"
+        )
         config_bool = _create_global_config(args)
         global_config = load_config(Path().home() / "diffpyconfig.json")
     config = _sorted_merge(clean_dict(global_config), clean_dict(local_config), clean_dict(args))