diff --git a/frontend/components/TargetLabelSelector/_styles.scss b/frontend/components/TargetLabelSelector/_styles.scss
index b7ab374c24..867e7cfddc 100644
--- a/frontend/components/TargetLabelSelector/_styles.scss
+++ b/frontend/components/TargetLabelSelector/_styles.scss
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
     gap: $pad-medium;
+
+    // Hardcoded to fit all 3 custom target options (Exclude any, Include all,
+    // Include any) without scrolling
+    .Select-menu-outer {
+      max-height: 260px;
+    }
+
+    .Select-menu {
+      max-height: 244px;
+    }
   }
 
   &__checkboxes {
diff --git a/frontend/pages/SoftwarePage/helpers.tsx b/frontend/pages/SoftwarePage/helpers.tsx
index a20c0c37da..2885b00448 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/SoftwarePage/helpers.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/SoftwarePage/helpers.tsx
@@ -188,19 +188,34 @@ export const CUSTOM_TARGET_OPTIONS: IDropdownOption[] = [
   {
     value: "labelsIncludeAny",
     label: "Include any",
-    helpText: "Hosts that have any of the selected labels.",
+    helpText: (
+      <>
+        Software will only be available for install on hosts that{" "}
+        <strong>have any</strong> of these labels.
+      </>
+    ),
     disabled: false,
   },
   {
     value: "labelsIncludeAll",
     label: "Include all",
-    helpText: "Hosts that have all of the selected labels.",
+    helpText: (
+      <>
+        Software will only be available for install on hosts that{" "}
+        <strong>have all</strong> of these labels.
+      </>
+    ),
     disabled: false,
   },
   {
     value: "labelsExcludeAny",
     label: "Exclude any",
-    helpText: "Hosts that don't have any of the selected labels.",
+    helpText: (
+      <>
+        Software will only be available for install on hosts that{" "}
+        <strong>don&apos;t have any</strong> of these labels.
+      </>
+    ),
     disabled: false,
   },
 ];