diff --git a/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx b/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx
index 32de314483..c6f2443265 100644
--- a/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx
@@ -278,11 +278,8 @@ const SpaceCreateMenu = ({ onFinished }) => {
         body = <React.Fragment>
             <h2>{ _t("Create a space") }</h2>
             <p>
-                { _t("Spaces are a new way to group rooms and people.") }
-                &nbsp;
-                { _t("What kind of Space do you want to create?") }
-                &nbsp;
-                { _t("You can change this later.") }
+                { _t("Spaces are a new way to group rooms and people. What kind of Space do you want to create? " +
+                  "You can change this later.") }
             </p>
 
             <SpaceCreateMenuType
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index d8e811f0bd..8a228a6acc 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -1138,9 +1138,7 @@
     "e.g. my-space": "e.g. my-space",
     "Address": "Address",
     "Create a space": "Create a space",
-    "Spaces are a new way to group rooms and people.": "Spaces are a new way to group rooms and people.",
-    "What kind of Space do you want to create?": "What kind of Space do you want to create?",
-    "You can change this later.": "You can change this later.",
+    "Spaces are a new way to group rooms and people. What kind of Space do you want to create? You can change this later.": "Spaces are a new way to group rooms and people. What kind of Space do you want to create? You can change this later.",
     "Public": "Public",
     "Open space for anyone, best for communities": "Open space for anyone, best for communities",
     "Private": "Private",