diff --git a/app/components/editable_champ/textarea_component/textarea_component.en.yml b/app/components/editable_champ/textarea_component/textarea_component.en.yml
index 8e9b49901..760b46d14 100644
--- a/app/components/editable_champ/textarea_component/textarea_component.en.yml
+++ b/app/components/editable_champ/textarea_component/textarea_component.en.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 en:
   remaining_characters: You have %{remaining_words} characters remaining.
-  excess_characters: You have %{excess_words} characters too many.
+  excess_characters: You have exceeded the recommended size of %{excess_words} characters. Please reduce the number of characters.
diff --git a/app/components/editable_champ/textarea_component/textarea_component.fr.yml b/app/components/editable_champ/textarea_component/textarea_component.fr.yml
index fa8fafdc1..c2f36291b 100644
--- a/app/components/editable_champ/textarea_component/textarea_component.fr.yml
+++ b/app/components/editable_champ/textarea_component/textarea_component.fr.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 fr:
   remaining_characters: Il vous reste %{remaining_words} caractères.
-  excess_characters: Vous avez dépassé la taille conseillée de %{excess_words} caractères. Réduire le nombre de caractères.
+  excess_characters: Vous avez dépassé la taille conseillée de %{excess_words} caractères. Veuillez réduire le nombre de caractères.
diff --git a/app/components/editable_champ/textarea_component/textarea_component.html.haml b/app/components/editable_champ/textarea_component/textarea_component.html.haml
index e6c7f20cd..cc76ab438 100644
--- a/app/components/editable_champ/textarea_component/textarea_component.html.haml
+++ b/app/components/editable_champ/textarea_component/textarea_component.html.haml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 ~ @form.text_area(:value, input_opts(id: @champ.input_id, aria: { describedby: @champ.describedby_id }, rows: 6, required: @champ.required?, value: html_to_string(@champ.value), data: { controller: 'autoresize' }))
 
-- if @champ.character_limit_info?
-  %p.fr-info-text
-    = t('.remaining_characters', remaining_words: @champ.remaining_characters)
+%div{ role: 'status' }
+  - if @champ.character_limit_info?
+    %p.fr-info-text
+      = t('.remaining_characters', remaining_words: @champ.remaining_characters)
 
-- if @champ.character_limit_warning?
-  %p.fr-icon--sm.fr-mt-4v.fr-mb-0.fr-hint-text.fr-icon-warning-fill.fr-text-default--warning.characters-count
-    = t('.excess_characters', excess_words: @champ.excess_characters)
+  - if @champ.character_limit_warning?
+    %p.fr-icon--sm.fr-mt-4v.fr-mb-0.fr-hint-text.fr-icon-warning-fill.fr-text-default--warning
+      = t('.excess_characters', excess_words: @champ.excess_characters)