diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/components/content/umb-tabbed-content.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/components/content/umb-tabbed-content.html
index 408f640c01..b125457ab0 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/components/content/umb-tabbed-content.html
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/components/content/umb-tabbed-content.html
@@ -14,5 +14,12 @@
             </div>
 
         </div>
+
+        <umb-empty-state
+            ng-if="content.tabs.length === 0"
+            position="center">
+            <localize key="content_noProperties"></localize>
+        </umb-empty-state>
+
     </ng-form>
 </div>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml
index 60337ba3b1..b407f708bc 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@
         <key alias="noDate">No date chosen</key>
         <key alias="nodeName">Page title</key>
         <key alias="noMediaLink">This media item has no link</key>
+        <key alias="noProperties">No content can be added for this item test</key>
         <key alias="otherElements">Properties</key>
         <key alias="parentNotPublished">This document is published but is not visible because the parent '%0%' is unpublished</key>
         <key alias="parentCultureNotPublished">This culture is published but is not visible because it is unpublished on parent '%0%'</key>