diff --git a/app/portainer/components/forms/git-form/git-form-auto-update-fieldset/git-form-auto-update-fieldset.html b/app/portainer/components/forms/git-form/git-form-auto-update-fieldset/git-form-auto-update-fieldset.html
index 7d4959a10..13ea3e257 100644
--- a/app/portainer/components/forms/git-form/git-form-auto-update-fieldset/git-form-auto-update-fieldset.html
+++ b/app/portainer/components/forms/git-form/git-form-auto-update-fieldset/git-form-auto-update-fieldset.html
@@ -75,4 +75,8 @@
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
+  <div class="small text-warning" style="margin: 5px 0 10px 0;" ng-if="!$ctrl.model.RepositoryAutomaticUpdates">
+    <i class="fa fa-exclamation-circle blue-icon" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+    <span class="text-muted">When enabled, updates from the git repository will occur automatically at an interval or webhook.</span>
+  </div>
 </ng-form>