diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/ReportEventDialog.js b/src/components/views/dialogs/ReportEventDialog.js
index ce7b83176e..394e5ad47d 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/ReportEventDialog.js
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/ReportEventDialog.js
@@ -99,10 +99,18 @@ export default class ReportEventDialog extends PureComponent {
             <BaseDialog
                 className="mx_BugReportDialog"
                 onFinished={this.props.onFinished}
-                title={_t('Report Content')}
+                title={_t('Report Content to Your Homeserver Administrator')}
                 contentId='mx_ReportEventDialog'
             >
                 <div className="mx_ReportEventDialog" id="mx_ReportEventDialog">
+                    <p>
+                        {
+                            _t("Reporting this message will send its unique 'event ID' to the administrator of " +
+                                "your homeserver. If messages in this room are encrypted, your homeserver " +
+                                "administrator will not be able to read the message text or view any files or images.")
+                        }
+                    </p>
+
                     <Field
                         id="mx_ReportEventDialog_reason"
                         className="mx_ReportEventDialog_reason"
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index f0fd0d1c15..dcd4f1fdcb 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -1226,7 +1226,8 @@
     "Report bugs & give feedback": "Report bugs & give feedback",
     "Go back": "Go back",
     "Please fill why you're reporting.": "Please fill why you're reporting.",
-    "Report Content": "Report Content",
+    "Report Content to Your Homeserver Administrator": "Report Content to Your Homeserver Administrator",
+    "Reporting this message will send its unique 'event ID' to the administrator of your homeserver. If messages in this room are encrypted, your homeserver administrator will not be able to read the message text or view any files or images.": "Reporting this message will send its unique 'event ID' to the administrator of your homeserver. If messages in this room are encrypted, your homeserver administrator will not be able to read the message text or view any files or images.",
     "Send report": "Send report",
     "Room Settings - %(roomName)s": "Room Settings - %(roomName)s",
     "Failed to upgrade room": "Failed to upgrade room",
@@ -1350,6 +1351,7 @@
     "Source URL": "Source URL",
     "Collapse Reply Thread": "Collapse Reply Thread",
     "End-to-end encryption information": "End-to-end encryption information",
+    "Report Content": "Report Content",
     "Failed to set Direct Message status of room": "Failed to set Direct Message status of room",
     "unknown error code": "unknown error code",
     "Failed to forget room %(errCode)s": "Failed to forget room %(errCode)s",