diff --git a/lib/osf-components/addon/components/search-help-modal/component.ts b/lib/osf-components/addon/components/search-help-modal/component.ts
index c6b4ce0aa37..8bf7ab22c8c 100644
--- a/lib/osf-components/addon/components/search-help-modal/component.ts
+++ b/lib/osf-components/addon/components/search-help-modal/component.ts
@@ -21,21 +21,6 @@ interface InputArgs {
 export default class SearchHelpModal extends Component<InputArgs> {
     @service router!: RouterService;
 
-    examples: Array<{ q: string, text: string }> = [
-        {
-            q: 'repro*',
-            text: 'repro*',
-        },
-        {
-            q: 'brian+AND+title%3Amany',
-            text: 'brian AND title:many',
-        },
-        {
-            q: 'tags%3A%28psychology%29',
-            text: 'tags:(psychology)',
-        },
-    ];
-
     get currentPath(): string {
         return getOwner(this).lookup('controller:application').currentPath;
     }
diff --git a/lib/osf-components/addon/components/search-help-modal/template.hbs b/lib/osf-components/addon/components/search-help-modal/template.hbs
index 79ff2f6e039..5636a303b3c 100644
--- a/lib/osf-components/addon/components/search-help-modal/template.hbs
+++ b/lib/osf-components/addon/components/search-help-modal/template.hbs
@@ -10,23 +10,11 @@
             </h3>
         </dialog.heading>
         <dialog.main data-test-search-help-modal-body>
-            <h4>
-                {{t 'app_components.search_help_modal.queries'}}
-            </h4>
             <p>
-                {{t 'app_components.search_help_modal.searchSyntax' htmlSafe=true}}
-                {{t 'app_components.search_help_modal.helpDescription'}}
+                {{t 'app_components.search_help_modal.description' htmlSafe=true}}
             </p>
-            <ul>
-                {{#each this.examples as |example|}}
-                    <li>
-                        <a href={{concat this.currentPath '?q=' example.q}}>
-                            {{example.text}}
-                        </a>
-                    </li>
-                {{/each}}
-            </ul>
         </dialog.main>
+
         <dialog.footer data-test-search-help-modal-footer>
             <Button
                 data-test-search-help-modal-close-button
diff --git a/translations/en-us.yml b/translations/en-us.yml
index f3d2c7e701d..a57daba297b 100644
--- a/translations/en-us.yml
+++ b/translations/en-us.yml
@@ -943,9 +943,7 @@ app_components:
     search_help_modal:
         close: Close
         title: 'Search help'
-        queries: Queries
-        searchSyntax: 'Search uses the <a href="http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Search+Application+Query+Syntax">Lucene search syntax</a>.'
-        helpDescription: 'This gives you many options, but can be very simple as well. Examples of valid searches include:'
+        description: 'OSF Search provides a powerful discovery tool to help you find data, papers, analysis plans, and more content across the research lifecycle. OSF Preprints has some specialized filters, which you can learn more about on our <a href="https://help.osf.io/article/181-search-and-discover-preprints" target="_blank">help guides</a>.'
     search_paginator:
         prev: «
         prev_aria: 'Go to previous page'