diff --git a/ee/app/views/admin/geo/nodes/index.html.haml b/ee/app/views/admin/geo/nodes/index.html.haml
index 76aa55915a9460bce2d7018e770bf4b633049719..1c765b3ff2bc0802310178ca6c0dd966d4fb8f38 100644
--- a/ee/app/views/admin/geo/nodes/index.html.haml
+++ b/ee/app/views/admin/geo/nodes/index.html.haml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 .d-flex.align-items-center.border-bottom.border-default.mb-4
   %h2.page-title
     = _("Geo Nodes")
-  = link_to s_("GeoNodes|New node"), new_admin_geo_node_path, class: 'btn btn-success ml-auto qa-new-node-link'
+  - if @nodes.any?
+    = link_to s_("GeoNodes|New node"), new_admin_geo_node_path, class: 'btn btn-success ml-auto qa-new-node-link'
 
 %p.page-subtitle.light
   = s_('GeoNodes|With %{geo} you can install a special read-only and replicated instance anywhere. Before you add nodes, follow the %{instructions} in the exact order they appear.').html_safe % { geo: link_to('GitLab Geo', help_page_path('administration/geo/replication/index.md'), target: '_blank'), instructions: link_to('setup instructions', help_page_path('administration/geo/replication/index.md', anchor: 'setup-instructions'), target: '_blank') }
diff --git a/ee/app/views/shared/empty_states/_geo.html.haml b/ee/app/views/shared/empty_states/_geo.html.haml
index 2f10bdaa7926f339eb24f18c81a75870b2ee31a1..446647f1cc19a9b1d84d993b6e3eb434626aec17 100644
--- a/ee/app/views/shared/empty_states/_geo.html.haml
+++ b/ee/app/views/shared/empty_states/_geo.html.haml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       = image_tag 'illustrations/gitlab_geo.svg'
   .col-12
     .text-content
-      %h4.text-center= _("Discover GitLab Geo")
-      %p= _("Make everyone on your team more productive regardless of their location. GitLab Geo creates read-only mirrors of your GitLab instance so you can reduce the time it takes to clone and fetch large repos.")
-      .text-center
-        = link_to _('Learn more'), 'https://about.gitlab.com/features/gitlab-geo/', rel: 'nofollow', class: 'btn btn-success'
+      %h4.text-center= _('Discover GitLab Geo')
+      %p
+        = _('Make everyone on your team more productive regardless of their location. GitLab Geo creates read-only mirrors of your GitLab instance so you can reduce the time it takes to clone and fetch large repos.')
+        = link_to _('More information'), 'https://about.gitlab.com/features/gitlab-geo/', rel: 'nofollow'
diff --git a/ee/changelogs/unreleased/9233-update-explore-geo-page.yml b/ee/changelogs/unreleased/9233-update-explore-geo-page.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5452eebea721cf3db2b2d1c76701d491c576b25f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/changelogs/unreleased/9233-update-explore-geo-page.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Update Explore Geo Page
+merge_request: 21448
+author:
+type: changed
diff --git a/ee/spec/features/admin/geo/admin_geo_nodes_spec.rb b/ee/spec/features/admin/geo/admin_geo_nodes_spec.rb
index b1e8afb711cba56c5d086cae41a0141c795623de..2ebde531352bbb5130c8da10d8ca64a3c1c8da7f 100644
--- a/ee/spec/features/admin/geo/admin_geo_nodes_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/features/admin/geo/admin_geo_nodes_spec.rb
@@ -199,4 +199,22 @@
       expect(page).not_to have_css('.card')
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'with no Geo Nodes' do
+    before do
+      geo_node.delete
+      visit admin_geo_nodes_path
+      wait_for_requests
+    end
+
+    it 'hides the New Node button' do
+      expect(page).not_to have_link('New node', href: new_admin_geo_node_path)
+    end
+
+    it 'shows Discover GitLab Geo' do
+      page.within(find('h4')) do
+        expect(page).to have_content('Discover GitLab Geo')
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end