diff --git a/res/values/strings.xml b/res/values/strings.xml
index 49aca89..aeea931 100644
--- a/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@
         \n<li><font fgcolor="#ffffffff"><b>Import contacts</b></font> to add contacts from your SIM card\n</li>"
     </string>
 
-        <!-- Displayed full screen when the user has no contacts and they are displaying the My Contacts group, and contact syncing is disabled, and there is no sim card (cdma)-->
+    <!-- Displayed full screen when the user has no contacts and they are displaying the My Contacts group, and contact syncing is disabled, and there is no sim card (cdma)-->
     <string name="noContactsNoSimHelpText">"You don't have any contacts.\n\nTo add contacts, press <font fgcolor="#ffffffff"><b>Menu</b></font> and select:\n
         \n<li><font fgcolor="#ffffffff"><b>New contact</b></font> to create a new contact from scratch\n</li>
         \n<li><font fgcolor="#ffffffff"><b>Import contacts</b></font> to add contacts from your SD card\n</li>"
@@ -499,6 +499,14 @@
         \n<li><font fgcolor="#ffffffff"><b>Import contacts</b></font> to add contacts from your SD card\n</li>"
     </string>
 
+    <!-- Displayed full screen when the user has no favorites and they are displaying the favorites tab -->
+    <string name="noFavoritesHelpText">"You don't have any favorites.\n
+        \nTo add a contact to your list of favorites:\n
+        \n<li>Touch Contacts\n</li>
+        \n<li>Touch the contact you want to add to your favorites\n</li>
+        \n<li>Touch the star next to the contact\'s name\n</li>"
+    </string>
+
     <!-- Activity title for the activity that lets the user choose which groups of contacts to sync from the server -->
     <string name="seclectSyncGroups_title">Select groups to sync</string>
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/contacts/ContactsListActivity.java b/src/com/android/contacts/ContactsListActivity.java
index 8bced69..70d6808 100644
--- a/src/com/android/contacts/ContactsListActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/contacts/ContactsListActivity.java
@@ -615,6 +615,8 @@
 
         if (mDisplayOnlyPhones) {
             empty.setText(getText(R.string.noContactsWithPhoneNumbers));
+        } else if (mMode == MODE_STREQUENT || mMode == MODE_STARRED) {
+            empty.setText(getText(R.string.noFavoritesHelpText));
         } else {
             boolean hasSim = ((TelephonyManager) getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE))
                     .hasIccCard();
@@ -625,7 +627,6 @@
                 } else {
                     empty.setText(getText(R.string.noContactsHelpText));
                 }
-
             } else {
                 if (mSyncEnabled) {
                     empty.setText(getText(R.string.noContactsNoSimHelpTextWithSync));