diff --git a/wp-admin/themes.php b/wp-admin/themes.php
index ae8fc4fe8a..66fd5beb10 100644
--- a/wp-admin/themes.php
+++ b/wp-admin/themes.php
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ $title = __('Manage Themes');
 $parent_file = 'themes.php';
 
 $help = '<p>' . __('Themes give your WordPress style. Once a theme is installed, you may preview it, activate it or deactivate it here.') . '</p>';
-$help .= '<p>' . sprintf(__('You can find additional themes for your site by using the new <a href="%1$s">Theme Browser/Installer</a> functionality or by browsing the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/">WordPress Theme Directory</a> directly and installing manually.  To install a theme <em>manually</em>, <a href="%2$s">upload its ZIP archive with the new uploader</a> or copy its folder via FTP into your <code>wp-content/themes</code> directory.'), 'theme-install.php', 'theme-install.php?tab=upload' ) . '</p>';
-$help .= '<p>' . __('Once a theme is uploaded, you should see it on this page.') . '</p>' ;
+if ( current_user_can('install_themes') ) {
+	$help .= '<p>' . sprintf(__('You can find additional themes for your site by using the new <a href="%1$s">Theme Browser/Installer</a> functionality or by browsing the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/">WordPress Theme Directory</a> directly and installing manually.  To install a theme <em>manually</em>, <a href="%2$s">upload its ZIP archive with the new uploader</a> or copy its folder via FTP into your <code>wp-content/themes</code> directory.'), 'theme-install.php', 'theme-install.php?tab=upload' ) . '</p>';
+	$help .= '<p>' . __('Once a theme is uploaded, you should see it on this page.') . '</p>' ;
+}
 
 add_contextual_help('themes', $help);