diff --git a/app/views/cards/index/engagement/_closed.html.erb b/app/views/cards/index/engagement/_closed.html.erb
index ec3da0d4a..bd13d855b 100644
--- a/app/views/cards/index/engagement/_closed.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/cards/index/engagement/_closed.html.erb
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
       </div>
     <% end %>
   <% else %>
-    <p class="txt-medium translucent">Nothing here</p>
+    <p class="txt-normal translucent"><%= @user_filtering.any? ? "No matches" : "Nothing here" %></p>
   <% end %>
 </section>
diff --git a/app/views/cards/index/engagement/_doing.html.erb b/app/views/cards/index/engagement/_doing.html.erb
index b158ce3d6..f17e26190 100644
--- a/app/views/cards/index/engagement/_doing.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/cards/index/engagement/_doing.html.erb
@@ -20,5 +20,7 @@
           <%= cards_next_page_link "doing-cards", page: page, filter: filter %>
         </div>
       <% end %>
+    <% else %>
+      <p class="txt-normal translucent"><%= @user_filtering.any? ? "No matches" : "Nothing here" %></p>
     <% end %>
 </section>
diff --git a/app/views/cards/index/engagement/_on_deck.html.erb b/app/views/cards/index/engagement/_on_deck.html.erb
index 44105b2f6..1caf61147 100644
--- a/app/views/cards/index/engagement/_on_deck.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/cards/index/engagement/_on_deck.html.erb
@@ -14,5 +14,7 @@
         <%= cards_next_page_link "on-deck-cards", page: page, filter: filter %>
       </div>
     <% end %>
+  <% else %>
+    <p class="txt-normal translucent"><%= @user_filtering.any? ? "No matches" : "Nothing here" %></p>
   <% end %>
 </section>