Sometimes our good intentions get the best of us. In design it most commonly occurs as instructional fluff text that fails to account for our ability to recognize affordances.

Not Great: “Click here to visit our investor site.”
Better: Investor Information
Why: Links stand out by their color and decoration; we know what links are, how to interact with them and what it means to click on one.

Not Great: “Enter your email address here: [..............................................]”
Better: Email Address: [..............................................]
Why: People know where to enter information; what text fields are. Gestalt grouping principles (i.e. competent form layout) should indicate which labels go with which entry fields and text fields themselves are like magnets for our attention.

Not Great: “Select one of the following options: (followed by a list of radio buttons)”
Better: (say what the options and/or the reason for choosing them)
Why: Not labeling the radio buttons force us to infer what we’re setting based off of the available choices.  The components may as well not be labeled at all.  Better to use the text to inform us than tell us how to interact with standard components.