diff --git a/ui/src/app/applications/components/application-operation-state/application-operation-state.tsx b/ui/src/app/applications/components/application-operation-state/application-operation-state.tsx
index 20c02bbfb04f9..9cda40fa388f5 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/applications/components/application-operation-state/application-operation-state.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/app/applications/components/application-operation-state/application-operation-state.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Checkbox, DropDown, Duration, NotificationType, Ticker, HelpIcon} from 'argo-ui';
+import {Checkbox, DropDown, Duration, NotificationType, Ticker, HelpIcon, Tooltip} from 'argo-ui';
 import * as moment from 'moment';
 import * as PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import * as React from 'react';
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ interface Props {
     operationState: models.OperationState;
 }
 const buildResourceUniqueId = (res: Omit<models.ResourceRef, 'uid'>) => `${res.group}-${res.kind}-${res.version}-${res.namespace}-${res.name}`;
-const FilterableMessageStatuses = ['configured', 'unchanged'];
+const FilterableMessageStatuses = ['Changed', 'Unchanged'];
 
 const Filter = (props: {filters: string[]; setFilters: (f: string[]) => void; options: string[]; title: string; style?: React.CSSProperties}) => {
     const {filters, setFilters, options, title, style} = props;
@@ -183,7 +183,12 @@ export const ApplicationOperationState: React.StatelessComponent<Props> = ({appl
             }
 
             if (pass && messageFilters.length !== 0) {
-                pass = messageFilters.some(filter => r.message?.toLowerCase().includes(filter.toLowerCase()));
+                pass = messageFilters.some(filter => {
+                    if (filter === 'Changed') {
+                        return r.message?.toLowerCase().includes('configured');
+                    }
+                    return r.message?.toLowerCase().includes(filter.toLowerCase());
+                });
             }
 
             return pass;
@@ -210,7 +215,11 @@ export const ApplicationOperationState: React.StatelessComponent<Props> = ({appl
                             <Filter options={Healths} filters={healthFilters} setFilters={setHealthFilters} title='HEALTH' style={{marginRight: '5px'}} />
                             <Filter options={Statuses} filters={filters} setFilters={setFilters} title='STATUS' style={{marginRight: '5px'}} />
                             <Filter options={OperationPhases} filters={filters} setFilters={setFilters} title='HOOK' />
-                            <Filter options={FilterableMessageStatuses} filters={messageFilters} setFilters={setMessageFilters} title='MESSAGE' />
+                            <Tooltip placement='top-start' content='Filter on resources that have changed or remained unchanged'>
+                                <div style={{display: 'inline-block'}}>
+                                    <Filter options={FilterableMessageStatuses} filters={messageFilters} setFilters={setMessageFilters} title='MESSAGE' />
+                                </div>
+                            </Tooltip>
                         </div>
                     </div>
                     <div className='argo-table-list'>