diff --git a/src/components/media-player/ha-browse-media-tts.ts b/src/components/media-player/ha-browse-media-tts.ts
index 39e36b60b7b5..cb10b053c421 100644
--- a/src/components/media-player/ha-browse-media-tts.ts
+++ b/src/components/media-player/ha-browse-media-tts.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class BrowseMediaTTS extends LitElement {
           this.hass.localize(
             "ui.components.media-browser.tts.example_message",
             {
-              name: this.hass.user?.name || "",
+              name: this.hass.user?.name || "Alice",
             }
           )}
         >
diff --git a/src/panels/config/automation/ha-automation-picker.ts b/src/panels/config/automation/ha-automation-picker.ts
index a29a88d6a35c..7fe54ec1f818 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/automation/ha-automation-picker.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/automation/ha-automation-picker.ts
@@ -342,7 +342,8 @@ class HaAutomationPicker extends LitElement {
               </p>
               <p>
                 ${this.hass.localize(
-                  "ui.panel.config.automation.picker.empty_text_2"
+                  "ui.panel.config.automation.picker.empty_text_2",
+                  { user: this.hass.user?.name || "Alice" }
                 )}
               </p>
               <a
diff --git a/src/panels/config/automation/manual-automation-editor.ts b/src/panels/config/automation/manual-automation-editor.ts
index 042fca491ae3..9be779d27587 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/automation/manual-automation-editor.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/automation/manual-automation-editor.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export class HaManualAutomationEditor extends LitElement {
         ? html`<p>
             ${this.hass.localize(
               "ui.panel.config.automation.editor.conditions.description",
-              { user: this.hass.user?.name }
+              { user: this.hass.user?.name || "Alice" }
             )}
           </p>`
         : nothing}
diff --git a/src/translations/en.json b/src/translations/en.json
index 0209a3ffb70b..76eab13fdbe3 100644
--- a/src/translations/en.json
+++ b/src/translations/en.json
@@ -2386,7 +2386,7 @@
             },
             "empty_header": "Start automating",
             "empty_text_1": "Automations make Home Assistant automatically respond to things happening in and around your home.",
-            "empty_text_2": "Automations connect triggers to actions in a ''when trigger then action'' fashion with optional conditions. For example: ''When the sun sets and if Alice is home, then turn on the lights''."
+            "empty_text_2": "Automations connect triggers to actions in a ''when trigger then action'' fashion with optional conditions. For example: ''When the sun sets and if {user} is home, then turn on the lights''."
           },
           "dialog_new": {
             "header": "Create automation",