diff --git a/app/views/shared/_navigation.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_navigation.html.erb
index d817ff417..8486e61e7 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_navigation.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shared/_navigation.html.erb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
           <a href="#"
              id="system-notifications-dropdown"
              class="dropdown-toggle"
-             title="System notifications"
+             title="<%= t('system_notifications.navbar.tooltip') %>"
              data-toggle="dropdown"
              role="button"
              aria-haspopup="true"
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index abb63e567..240d6ff58 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -1292,6 +1292,8 @@ en:
     create:
       success_flash: "Successfully added sample group <strong>%{sample_group}</strong> to team <strong>%{team}</strong>."
   system_notifications:
+    navbar:
+      tooltip: 'What’s new notifications'
     emails:
       subject: "You've received a What's new notification"
       intro_paragraph: "Hi %{user_name}, you've received What's new notification in SciNote:"