diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/controllers/admin-badges-show.js b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/controllers/admin-badges-show.js
index 23341f0d27e..3653af5fb1d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/controllers/admin-badges-show.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/controllers/admin-badges-show.js
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ export default Controller.extend(bufferedProperty("model"), {
     return modelQuery && modelQuery.trim().length > 0;
   },
 
+  @discourseComputed("model.i18n_name")
+  textCustomizationPrefix(i18n_name) {
+    return `badges.${i18n_name}.`;
+  },
+
   @observes("model.id")
   _resetSaving: function () {
     this.set("saving", false);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/templates/badges-show.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/templates/badges-show.hbs
index 49741c8bc66..82057b103c1 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/templates/badges-show.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/templates/badges-show.hbs
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
       <label for="name">{{i18n "admin.badges.name"}}</label>
       {{#if readOnly}}
         {{input type="text" name="name" value=buffered.name disabled=true}}
+        <p class="help">
+          {{#link-to "adminSiteText.edit" (concat textCustomizationPrefix "name")}}
+            {{i18n "admin.badges.read_only_setting_help"}}
+          {{/link-to}}
+        </p>
       {{else}}
         {{input type="text" name="name" value=buffered.name}}
       {{/if}}
@@ -64,6 +69,11 @@
       <label for="description">{{i18n "admin.badges.description"}}</label>
       {{#if buffered.system}}
         {{textarea name="description" value=buffered.description disabled=true}}
+        <p class="help">
+          {{#link-to "adminSiteText.edit" (concat textCustomizationPrefix "description")}}
+            {{i18n "admin.badges.read_only_setting_help"}}
+          {{/link-to}}
+        </p>
       {{else}}
         {{textarea name="description" value=buffered.description}}
       {{/if}}
@@ -73,6 +83,11 @@
       <label for="long_description">{{i18n "admin.badges.long_description"}}</label>
       {{#if buffered.system}}
         {{textarea name="long_description" value=buffered.long_description disabled=true}}
+        <p class="help">
+          {{#link-to "adminSiteText.edit" (concat textCustomizationPrefix "long_description")}}
+            {{i18n "admin.badges.read_only_setting_help"}}
+          {{/link-to}}
+        </p>
       {{else}}
         {{textarea name="long_description" value=buffered.long_description}}
       {{/if}}
diff --git a/app/models/badge.rb b/app/models/badge.rb
index 92e02a50a9d..fc89d8d253c 100644
--- a/app/models/badge.rb
+++ b/app/models/badge.rb
@@ -289,15 +289,15 @@ class Badge < ActiveRecord::Base
     query.blank? && !system?
   end
 
+  def i18n_name
+    @i18n_name ||= self.class.i18n_name(name)
+  end
+
   protected
 
   def ensure_not_system
     self.id = [Badge.maximum(:id) + 1, 100].max unless id
   end
-
-  def i18n_name
-    @i18n_name ||= self.class.i18n_name(name)
-  end
 end
 
 # == Schema Information
diff --git a/app/serializers/admin_badge_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/admin_badge_serializer.rb
index 15f354ef5a4..fc75706c594 100644
--- a/app/serializers/admin_badge_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/admin_badge_serializer.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class AdminBadgeSerializer < BadgeSerializer
-  attributes :query, :trigger, :target_posts, :auto_revoke, :show_posts
+  attributes :query, :trigger, :target_posts, :auto_revoke, :show_posts, :i18n_name
 
   def include_long_description?
     true
   end
+
+  def include_i18n_name?
+    object.system?
+  end
 end
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index b1fcd40bc91..7297a38a12c 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -4889,6 +4889,7 @@ en:
         image: Image
         icon_help: "Enter a Font Awesome icon name (use prefix 'far-' for regular icons and 'fab-' for brand icons)"
         image_help: "Enter the URL of the image (overrides icon field if both are set)"
+        read_only_setting_help: "Customize text"
         query: Badge Query (SQL)
         target_posts: Query targets posts
         auto_revoke: Run revocation query daily