diff --git a/.devcontainer/welcome-message.txt b/.devcontainer/welcome-message.txt
index 488cf92857a..dbc19c910cd 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/welcome-message.txt
+++ b/.devcontainer/welcome-message.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-👋 Welcome to "Mastodon" in GitHub Codespaces!
+👋 Welcome to your Mastodon Dev Container!
 
-🛠️  Your environment is fully setup with all the required software.
+🛠️ Your environment is fully setup with all the required software.
 
-🔍 To explore VS Code to its fullest, search using the Command Palette (Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + P or F1).
-
-📝 Edit away, run your app as usual, and we'll automatically make it available for you to access.
+💥 Run `bin/dev` to start the application processes.
 
+🥼 Run `RAILS_ENV=test bin/rails assets:precompile && RAILS_ENV=test bin/rspec` to run the test suite.