diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-page-form.php b/wp-admin/edit-page-form.php
index 2b45baf00d..6eb2bd65c4 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-page-form.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-page-form.php
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ list_meta($metadata);
 ?>
 <div id="ajax-response"></div>
 </div>
+<p><?php _e('Custom fields can be used to add extra metadata to a post that you can <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Custom_Fields" target="_blank">use in your theme</a>.'); ?></p>
 </div>
 </div>