diff --git a/app/resources/locales/en_US/menu.po b/app/resources/locales/en_US/menu.po
index 26ff9fcbf..a4d4da757 100644
--- a/app/resources/locales/en_US/menu.po
+++ b/app/resources/locales/en_US/menu.po
@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ msgstr "Density medium"
 msgid "menu.density.large"
 msgstr "Density large"
 
+msgid "menu.introduction"
+msgstr "Please select an action from the menu."
+
 msgid "menu.main"
 msgstr "Main Menu"
 
diff --git a/app/templates/Dashboards/dashboard.php b/app/templates/Dashboards/dashboard.php
index 68f8fb0f9..500d807ba 100644
--- a/app/templates/Dashboards/dashboard.php
+++ b/app/templates/Dashboards/dashboard.php
@@ -28,4 +28,6 @@
 // XXX This is a placeholder
 ?>
 
-Please select an action from the menu.
\ No newline at end of file
+<div id="introduction">
+  <p><?= __d('menu','menu.introduction') ?></p>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/webroot/css/co-base.css b/app/webroot/css/co-base.css
index 0499beb08..6da0c257f 100644
--- a/app/webroot/css/co-base.css
+++ b/app/webroot/css/co-base.css
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ ul.form-list li.alert-banner .co-alert {
 #advanced-menu li a {
   display: block;
   padding: 0.5em 0;
-  color: var(--cmg-color-gray-003);
+  color: var(--cmg-color-txt-soft);
 }
 #advanced-menu .menu-title-char {
   display: none;
@@ -641,6 +641,9 @@ ul.form-list li.alert-banner .co-alert {
 .pageTitle .archived {
   background-color: var(--cmg-color-txt-soft);
 }
+#introduction {
+  margin-top: 1em;
+}
 /* SUBNAVIGATION & TABS */
 .supertitle {
   padding: 1em 0;