diff --git a/src/registrar/migrations/0097_alter_user_phone.py b/src/registrar/migrations/0097_alter_user_phone.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dfa5cfba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/registrar/migrations/0097_alter_user_phone.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.10 on 2024-06-06 18:38
+
+from django.db import migrations
+import phonenumber_field.modelfields
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("registrar", "0096_alter_contact_email_alter_contact_first_name_and_more"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="user",
+            name="phone",
+            field=phonenumber_field.modelfields.PhoneNumberField(blank=True, max_length=128, null=True, region=None),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/registrar/models/user.py b/src/registrar/models/user.py
index 705d2011c..bb0276607 100644
--- a/src/registrar/models/user.py
+++ b/src/registrar/models/user.py
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ class User(AbstractUser):
     phone = PhoneNumberField(
         null=True,
         blank=True,
-        help_text="Phone",
     )
 
     middle_name = models.CharField(