Issue #3093072 by heddn, mherchel: Improve UX of settings page

automatic_updates.admin.inc

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function automatic_updates_admin_form() {
   $form['automatic_updates_ignored_paths'] = [
     '#type' => 'textarea',
     '#title' => t('Paths to ignore for readiness checks'),
-    '#description' => t('Paths relative to %drupal_root. One path per line.', ['%drupal_root' => DRUPAL_ROOT]),
+    '#description' => t('Paths relative to %drupal_root. One path per line. Automatic Updates is intentionally limited to Drupal core. It is recommended to ignore paths to contrib extensions.', ['%drupal_root' => DRUPAL_ROOT]),
     '#default_value' => variable_get('automatic_updates_ignored_paths', "sites/all/modules/*\nsites/all/themes/*"),
     '#states' => [
       'visible' => [
@@ -66,18 +66,18 @@ function automatic_updates_admin_form() {
       '#value' => t('A security update is available for your version of Drupal.'),
     ];
   }
-  $update_text = t('Even with all that caution, if you want to try it out... <i>no update is available at this time. Check back later once a newer release is provided for a link to update your site.</i>');
+  $update_text = t('Your site is running %version of Drupal core. No recommended update is available at this time.', ['%version' => VERSION]);
   if ($not_recommended && $no_dev_core) {
     $from_version = VERSION;
     $to_version = $data['drupal']['latest_version'];
     $query['token'] = drupal_get_token('in-place-automatic-updates-link');
-    $update_text = t('Even with all that caution, if you want to try it out, <a href="@link">update now</a>.', [
+    $update_text = t('Even with all that caution, if you want to try it out, <a href="@link">manually update now</a>.', [
       '@link' => url("/automatic_updates/in-place-update/drupal/core/$from_version/$to_version", ['query' => $query]),
     ]);
   }
 
   $form['experimental']['update'] = [
-    '#prefix' => 'Database updates are not run after an update. This module does not have a stable release and it is recommended to not use these features on a live website. Use at your own risk.',
+    '#prefix' => 'Database updates are <strong>not</strong> run after an update. This module does not have a stable release and it is recommended to not use these features on a live website. Use at your own risk.',
     '#type' => 'html_tag',
     '#tag' => 'p',
     '#value' => $update_text,
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function automatic_updates_admin_form() {
     '#type' => 'checkbox',
     '#title' => t('Enable automatic updates of Drupal core via cron.'),
     '#default_value' => variable_get('automatic_updates_enable_cron_updates', FALSE),
-    '#description' => t('As an alternative to the full control of manually executing an update, enable automated updates via cron.'),
+    '#description' => t('When a recommended update for Drupal core is available, a manual method to update is available. As an alternative to the full control of manually executing an update, enable automated updates via cron.'),
     '#states' => [
       'visible' => [
         ':input[name="automatic_updates_enable_readiness_checks"]' => ['checked' => TRUE],