diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index e7e1444193c..558210464b2 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ en:
     summary_percent_filter: "When a user clicks 'Summarize This Topic', show the top % of posts"
     summary_max_results: "Maximum posts returned by 'Summary This Topic'"
 
-    enable_private_messages: "Allow trust level 1 (configurable via min trust level to send messages) users to create messages and reply to messages"
+    enable_private_messages: "Allow trust level 1 (configurable via min trust level to send messages) users to create messages and reply to messages. Note that staff can always send messages no matter what."
 
     enable_long_polling: "Message bus used for notification can use long polling"
     long_polling_base_url: "Base URL used for long polling (when a CDN is serving dynamic content, be sure to set this to origin pull) eg: http://origin.site.com"