diff --git a/create_account.html b/create_account.html
index dd0ed7f9f9..58d13936a6 100644
--- a/create_account.html
+++ b/create_account.html
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
       </li>
 
       <li>
-        <label>Public Name* <span class="ui-icon ui-icon-help" id="spinner_nick" style="display:inline-block;"></span></label>
+        <label>Username (public)* <span class="ui-icon ui-icon-help" id="spinner_nick" style="display:inline-block;"></span></label>
         <input name="username" id="ca_username" type="text" required /> 
 
         <div style="display:none" id="sregion_nick">Nickname you'd like to use on forums. We recommend some variant of your real name (e.g. first name, last initial), but we allow you to be fully anonymous as well. </div>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 
       <li>
-        <label>Full name <span class="ui-icon ui-icon-help" id="spinner_name" style="display:inline-block;"></span></label>
+        <label>Full name* <span class="ui-icon ui-icon-help" id="spinner_name" style="display:inline-block;"></span></label>
         <input name="name" id="ca_name" type="text" />
 
         <div style="display:none" id="sregion_name">If you would like us to give you a certificate of completion at the end, we need your full legal name, as you would like it to appear on the certificate (e.g. &quot;John Smith, Jr&quot;). Otherwise, feel free to leave it blank. </div>