diff --git a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/dependencies/components/dependency_location.vue b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/dependencies/components/dependency_location.vue
index 4398209822f3d138e745d9c604f5487ee6e0552f..09dd5d9a00633b11f0620a36c45aa32331c89992 100644
--- a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/dependencies/components/dependency_location.vue
+++ b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/dependencies/components/dependency_location.vue
@@ -100,17 +100,9 @@ export default {
       <gl-popover
         :target="() => $refs.moreLink.$el"
         placement="top"
-        :title="s__('Dependencies|Dependency path')"
+        :title="s__('Dependencies|Direct dependents')"
       >
         <dependency-path-viewer :dependencies="ancestors" />
-
-        <!-- footer -->
-        <div class="gl-mt-4">
-          <gl-icon class="!gl-align-middle" name="information" :size="12" variant="info" />
-          <span class="gl-align-middle gl-text-subtle">
-            {{ s__('Dependencies|There may be multiple paths') }}
-          </span>
-        </div>
       </gl-popover>
     </span>
   </gl-intersperse>
diff --git a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/dependencies/constants.js b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/dependencies/constants.js
index 9e812002b57af62d0e478bba68437a32be0f551d..f47d240fc1770aa577f6c3deea557ad4f7efd923 100644
--- a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/dependencies/constants.js
+++ b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/dependencies/constants.js
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ export const DEPENDENCIES_TABLE_I18N = {
   projects: s__('Dependencies|Projects'),
   vulnerabilities: s__('Dependencies|Vulnerabilities'),
   tooltipText: s__(
-    'Dependencies|The component dependency path is based on the lock file. There may be several paths. In these cases, the longest path is displayed.',
+    'Dependencies|The location includes the lock file. For transitive dependencies a list of its direct dependents is shown.',
   ),
-  tooltipMoreText: s__('Dependencies|Learn more about dependency paths'),
-  locationDependencyTitle: s__('Dependencies|Location and dependency path'),
+  tooltipMoreText: s__('Dependencies|Learn more about direct dependents'),
+  locationDependencyTitle: s__('Dependencies|List of direct dependents'),
   toggleVulnerabilityList: s__('Dependencies|Toggle vulnerability list'),
 };
diff --git a/ee/spec/frontend/dependencies/components/dependency_location_spec.js b/ee/spec/frontend/dependencies/components/dependency_location_spec.js
index 63d54e4e9d03a4cd57304d4c37365188c6040d62..01c4f69faa5461ee1641c7d9249af66d831c02d1 100644
--- a/ee/spec/frontend/dependencies/components/dependency_location_spec.js
+++ b/ee/spec/frontend/dependencies/components/dependency_location_spec.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ describe('Dependency Location component', () => {
 
     it('should have the complete path', () => {
       expect(trimText(findPopover().text())).toBe(
-        'swell 1.2 / emmajsq 10.11 / zeb 12.1 / post 2.5 / core 1.0 There may be multiple paths',
+        'swell 1.2 / emmajsq 10.11 / zeb 12.1 / post 2.5 / core 1.0',
       );
     });
   });
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 356ed99456a642ab5845f317d945457f29430556..84c9c8ab28ce0850b23f656838c5e6f6c7faf4ee 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -18689,7 +18689,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Dependencies|Component name"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Dependencies|Dependency path"
+msgid "Dependencies|Direct dependents"
 msgstr ""
 
 msgid "Dependencies|Error exporting the dependency list. Please reload the page."
@@ -18704,16 +18704,16 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Dependencies|Filtering unavailable"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Dependencies|Learn more about dependency paths"
+msgid "Dependencies|Learn more about direct dependents"
 msgstr ""
 
 msgid "Dependencies|License"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Dependencies|Location"
+msgid "Dependencies|List of direct dependents"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Dependencies|Location and dependency path"
+msgid "Dependencies|Location"
 msgstr ""
 
 msgid "Dependencies|Packager"
@@ -18734,10 +18734,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Dependencies|Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) based on the latest successful scan of each project."
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Dependencies|The component dependency path is based on the lock file. There may be several paths. In these cases, the longest path is displayed."
-msgstr ""
-
-msgid "Dependencies|There may be multiple paths"
+msgid "Dependencies|The location includes the lock file. For transitive dependencies a list of its direct dependents is shown."
 msgstr ""
 
 msgid "Dependencies|There was a problem fetching the licenses for this group."