"Is this your first time here?" shows when self registration disabled and no message in auth_instructions

Login as an admin Navigate to "Site administration > Plugins > Text editors > Manage editors Confirm that Atto is the currently selected editor Navigate to "Site administration > Plugins > Authentication > Manage authentication" Add some place holder text in "auth_instructions" Press "Save changes" Log out Confirm text in #3 is showing Confirm that "Is this your first time here?" shows Login as admin Navigate to " Site administration > Plugins > Authentication > Manage authentication" Remove the placeholder text in "auth_instructions" open the code editor in the editor Confirm that "<p><br></p>" exists Press "Save changes" Log out Confirm  that "Is this your first time here?" does not show