diff --git a/src/components/structures/MyGroups.js b/src/components/structures/MyGroups.js
index 116607fb08..da7bebd16a 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/MyGroups.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/MyGroups.js
@@ -74,6 +74,21 @@ export default withMatrixClient(React.createClass({
             contentHeader = groupNodes.length > 0 ? <h3>{ _t('Your Communities') }</h3> : <div />;
             content = groupNodes.length > 0 ?
                 <GeminiScrollbar>
+                    <div className="mx_MyGroups_microcopy">
+                        <p>
+                            { _t(
+                                "Did you know: you can use communities to filter your Riot.im experience!",
+                            ) }
+                        </p>
+                        <p>
+                            { _t(
+                                "To set up a filter, drag a community avatar over to the filter panel on " +
+                                "the far left hand side of the screen. You can click on an avatar in the " +
+                                "filter panel at any time to see only the rooms and people associated " +
+                                "with that community.",
+                            ) }
+                        </p>
+                    </div>
                     <div className="mx_MyGroups_joinedGroups">
                         { groupNodes }
                     </div>
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index ef4bdf343e..5b90973a65 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -787,6 +787,8 @@
     "Data from an older version of Riot has been detected. This will have caused end-to-end cryptography to malfunction in the older version. End-to-end encrypted messages exchanged recently whilst using the older version may not be decryptable in this version. This may also cause messages exchanged with this version to fail. If you experience problems, log out and back in again. To retain message history, export and re-import your keys.": "Data from an older version of Riot has been detected. This will have caused end-to-end cryptography to malfunction in the older version. End-to-end encrypted messages exchanged recently whilst using the older version may not be decryptable in this version. This may also cause messages exchanged with this version to fail. If you experience problems, log out and back in again. To retain message history, export and re-import your keys.",
     "Logout": "Logout",
     "Your Communities": "Your Communities",
+    "Did you know: you can use communities to filter your Riot.im experience!": "Did you know: you can use communities to filter your Riot.im experience!",
+    "To set up a filter, drag a community avatar over to the filter panel on the far left hand side of the screen. You can click on an avatar in the filter panel at any time to see only the rooms and people associated with that community.": "To set up a filter, drag a community avatar over to the filter panel on the far left hand side of the screen. You can click on an avatar in the filter panel at any time to see only the rooms and people associated with that community.",
     "Error whilst fetching joined communities": "Error whilst fetching joined communities",
     "Create a new community": "Create a new community",
     "Create a community to group together users and rooms! Build a custom homepage to mark out your space in the Matrix universe.": "Create a community to group together users and rooms! Build a custom homepage to mark out your space in the Matrix universe.",