diff --git a/app/mailers/sharing_mailer.rb b/app/mailers/sharing_mailer.rb
index a7454569dc0..917714e0cb0 100644
--- a/app/mailers/sharing_mailer.rb
+++ b/app/mailers/sharing_mailer.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class SharingMailer < ApplicationMailer
   include MailNotificationHelper
   helper :mail_notification
 
-  def shared_work_package(sharer, membership, group = nil)
+  def shared_work_package(sharer, membership, group = nil) # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize
     @sharer = sharer
     @shared_with_user = membership.principal
     @invitation_token = @shared_with_user.invited? ? @shared_with_user.invitation_token : nil
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ class SharingMailer < ApplicationMailer
     @work_package = membership.entity
 
     role = membership.roles.first
-    @role_rights = derive_role_rights(role)
-    @allowed_work_package_actions = derive_allowed_work_package_actions(role)
     @url = optionally_activated_url(work_package_url(@work_package.id), @invitation_token)
     @notification_url = optionally_activated_url(details_notifications_url(@work_package.id, tab: :activity), @invitation_token)
 
@@ -49,6 +47,8 @@ class SharingMailer < ApplicationMailer
     message_id(membership, sharer)
 
     send_localized_mail(@shared_with_user) do
+      @role_rights = derive_role_rights(role)
+      @allowed_work_package_actions = derive_allowed_work_package_actions(role)
       I18n.t("mail.sharing.work_packages.subject", id: @work_package.id)
     end
   end
@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ class SharingMailer < ApplicationMailer
     allowed_actions =
       case role.builtin
       when Role::BUILTIN_WORK_PACKAGE_EDITOR
-        [I18n.t("work_package.permissions.view"),
-         I18n.t("work_package.permissions.comment"),
-         I18n.t("work_package.permissions.edit")]
+        [I18n.t("work_package.permissions.view_verb"),
+         I18n.t("work_package.permissions.comment_verb"),
+         I18n.t("work_package.permissions.edit_verb")]
       when Role::BUILTIN_WORK_PACKAGE_COMMENTER
-        [I18n.t("work_package.permissions.view"),
-         I18n.t("work_package.permissions.comment")]
+        [I18n.t("work_package.permissions.view_verb"),
+         I18n.t("work_package.permissions.comment_verb")]
       when Role::BUILTIN_WORK_PACKAGE_VIEWER
-        [I18n.t("work_package.permissions.view")]
+        [I18n.t("work_package.permissions.view_verb")]
       end
 
     allowed_actions.map(&:downcase)
diff --git a/app/views/sharing_mailer/shared_work_package.html.erb b/app/views/sharing_mailer/shared_work_package.html.erb
index b80954e2ba0..321813f41c0 100644
--- a/app/views/sharing_mailer/shared_work_package.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/sharing_mailer/shared_work_package.html.erb
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
           <tr>
             <td style="<%= placeholder_text_styles %>">
               <%
-                allowed_actions = @allowed_work_package_actions.map do |action|
-                  content_tag(:span, action.downcase, class: "-bold")
-                end.to_sentence
+                allowed_actions = to_sentence(
+                  @allowed_work_package_actions.map { |action| content_tag(:span, action, style: "font-weight: bold") }
+                )
               %>
 
               <%= t("mail.sharing.work_packages.allowed_actions_html", allowed_actions:) %>
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index df4d04f11e4..ecc2aa23f19 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -4616,7 +4616,7 @@ en:
       note: "Note: “%{note}”"
     sharing:
       work_packages:
-        allowed_actions_html: "You may %{allowed_actions} this work package. This can change depending on your project role and permissions."
+        allowed_actions_html: "You have the following permissions on this work package: %{allowed_actions}. This can change depending on your project role and permissions."
         create_account: "To access this work package, you will need to create and activate an account on %{instance}."
         open_work_package: "Open work package"
         subject: "Work package #%{id} was shared with you"
@@ -5970,10 +5970,13 @@ en:
           same_as_work: "Set to same value as Work."
     permissions:
       comment: "Comment"
+      comment_verb: "comment"
       comment_description: "Can view and comment this work package."
       edit: "Edit"
+      edit_verb: "edit"
       edit_description: "Can view, comment and edit this work package."
       view: "View"
+      view_verb: "view"
       view_description: "Can view this work package."
     reminders:
       label_remind_at: "Date"