diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.tsx
index 3274e0e49f..92c5982276 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.tsx
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import { arrayFastClone, arrayHasDiff } from "../../../utils/arrays";
 import { objectShallowClone, objectWithOnly } from "../../../utils/objects";
 import { IconizedContextMenuOption, IconizedContextMenuOptionList } from "../context_menus/IconizedContextMenu";
 import AccessibleButton from "../elements/AccessibleButton";
+import TagOrderStore from "../../../stores/TagOrderStore";
 
 interface IProps {
     onKeyDown: (ev: React.KeyboardEvent) => void;
@@ -129,7 +130,9 @@ const TAG_AESTHETICS: {
                     }}
                 />
                 <IconizedContextMenuOption
-                    label={_t("Explore public rooms")}
+                    label={TagOrderStore.getSelectedPrototypeTag()
+                        ? _t("Explore community rooms")
+                        : _t("Explore public rooms")}
                     iconClassName="mx_RoomList_iconExplore"
                     onClick={(e) => {
                         e.preventDefault();
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index d6ba736a76..da4e298f0f 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -1121,6 +1121,7 @@
     "Rooms": "Rooms",
     "Add room": "Add room",
     "Create new room": "Create new room",
+    "Explore community rooms": "Explore community rooms",
     "Explore public rooms": "Explore public rooms",
     "Low priority": "Low priority",
     "System Alerts": "System Alerts",
diff --git a/src/stores/TagOrderStore.js b/src/stores/TagOrderStore.js
index f02fce0769..2eb35e6dc2 100644
--- a/src/stores/TagOrderStore.js
+++ b/src/stores/TagOrderStore.js
@@ -285,6 +285,13 @@ class TagOrderStore extends Store {
     getSelectedTags() {
         return this._state.selectedTags;
     }
+
+    getSelectedPrototypeTag() {
+        if (SettingsStore.getValue("feature_communities_v2_prototypes")) {
+            return this.getSelectedTags()[0];
+        }
+        return null; // no selection as far as this function is concerned
+    }
 }
 
 if (global.singletonTagOrderStore === undefined) {