diff --git a/code/Model/SiteTree.php b/code/Model/SiteTree.php
index 5f7556d61d..74d583e60c 100755
--- a/code/Model/SiteTree.php
+++ b/code/Model/SiteTree.php
@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@ public function requireDefaultRecords()
             if (!SiteTree::get_by_link($defaultHomepage)) {
                 $homepage = new Page();
                 $homepage->Title = _t(__CLASS__.'.DEFAULTHOMETITLE', 'Home');
-                $homepage->Content = _t(__CLASS__.'.DEFAULTHOMECONTENT', '<p>Welcome to SilverStripe! This is the default homepage. You can edit this page by opening <a href="admin/">the CMS</a>.</p><p>You can now access the <a href="http://docs.silverstripe.org">developer documentation</a>, or begin the <a href="http://www.silverstripe.org/learn/lessons">SilverStripe lessons</a>.</p>');
+                $homepage->Content = _t(__CLASS__.'.DEFAULTHOMECONTENT2', '<p>Welcome to Silverstripe! This is the default homepage. You can edit this page by opening <a href="admin/">the CMS</a>.</p><p>For comprehensive information on Silverstripe CMS, see the <a target="_blank" href="http://docs.silverstripe.org">developer documentation</a>.</p>');
                 $homepage->URLSegment = $defaultHomepage;
                 $homepage->Sort = 1;
                 $homepage->write();
diff --git a/lang/en.yml b/lang/en.yml
index 610afc91f6..cf415ee713 100644
--- a/lang/en.yml
+++ b/lang/en.yml
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ en:
     DEFAULTCONTACTCONTENT: '<p>You can fill this page out with your own content, or delete it and create your own pages.</p>'
     DEFAULTCONTACTTITLE: 'Contact Us'
     DEFAULTHOMECONTENT: '<p>Welcome to SilverStripe! This is the default homepage. You can edit this page by opening <a href="admin/">the CMS</a>.</p><p>You can now access the <a href="http://docs.silverstripe.org">developer documentation</a>, or begin the <a href="http://www.silverstripe.org/learn/lessons">SilverStripe lessons</a>.</p>'
+    DEFAULTHOMECONTENT2: '<p>Welcome to Silverstripe! This is the default homepage. You can edit this page by opening <a href="admin/">the CMS</a>.</p><p>For comprehensive information on Silverstripe CMS, see the <a target="_blank" href="http://docs.silverstripe.org">developer documentation</a>.</p>'
     DEFAULTHOMETITLE: Home
     DEPENDENT_NOTE: 'The following pages depend on this page. This includes virtual pages, redirector pages, and pages with content links.'
     DESCRIPTION: 'Generic content page'