diff --git a/docs/docs/contributing/development.mdx b/docs/docs/contributing/development.mdx
index 56ff00153..fc30301c9 100644
--- a/docs/docs/contributing/development.mdx
+++ b/docs/docs/contributing/development.mdx
@@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ For more env vars that affect your configuration, see this
 [superset_config.py](https://github.com/apache/superset/blob/master/docker/pythonpath_dev/superset_config.py)
 used in the `docker compose` context to assign env vars to the superset configuration.
 
+### Accessing the postgres database
+Sometimes it's useful to access the database in the docker container directly.
+You can enter a `psql` shell (the official Postgres client) by running the following command:
+
+```bash
+docker compose exec db psql -U superset
+```
+
+Also note that the database is exposed on port 5432, so you can connect to it using your favorite
+Postgres client or even SQL Lab itselft directly in Superset by creating a new database connection
+to `localhost:5432`.
 
 ### Nuking the postgres database
 
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/features/home/EmptyState.test.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/features/home/EmptyState.test.tsx
index 7506b3d0f..fe633bc78 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/features/home/EmptyState.test.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/features/home/EmptyState.test.tsx
@@ -62,11 +62,14 @@ describe('EmptyState', () => {
       tableName: WelcomeTable.Recents,
     },
   ];
+
   variants.forEach(variant => {
-    it(`it renders an ${variant.tab} ${variant.tableName} empty state`, () => {
+    it(`renders an ${variant.tab} ${variant.tableName} empty state`, () => {
       const wrapper = mount(<EmptyState {...variant} />);
       expect(wrapper).toExist();
-      const textContainer = wrapper.find('.ant-empty-description');
+
+      // Select the first description node
+      const textContainer = wrapper.find('.ant-empty-description').at(0);
       expect(textContainer.text()).toEqual(
         variant.tab === TableTab.Favorite
           ? "You don't have any favorites yet!"
@@ -79,12 +82,19 @@ describe('EmptyState', () => {
       expect(wrapper.find('button')).toHaveLength(1);
     });
   });
+
   recents.forEach(recent => {
-    it(`it renders a ${recent.tab} ${recent.tableName} empty state`, () => {
+    it(`renders a ${recent.tab} ${recent.tableName} empty state`, () => {
       const wrapper = mount(<EmptyState {...recent} />);
       expect(wrapper).toExist();
-      const textContainer = wrapper.find('.ant-empty-description');
+
+      // Select the first description node
+      const textContainer = wrapper.find('.ant-empty-description').at(0);
+
+      // Validate the image
       expect(wrapper.find('.ant-empty-image').children()).toHaveLength(1);
+
+      // Check the correct text is displayed
       expect(textContainer.text()).toContain(
         `Recently ${recent.tab?.toLowerCase()} charts, dashboards, and saved queries will appear here`,
       );