diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/inventories-hosts/hosts/related/groups/hosts-related-groups.partial.html b/awx/ui/client/src/inventories-hosts/hosts/related/groups/hosts-related-groups.partial.html
index 4660f008cb..437ff3a242 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/inventories-hosts/hosts/related/groups/hosts-related-groups.partial.html
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/inventories-hosts/hosts/related/groups/hosts-related-groups.partial.html
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
             </div>
             <div class="Modal-body">
                 <div>
-                    <div class="Prompt-bodyQuery"><span translate>Are you sure you want to disassociate the host below from</span> {{disassociateGroup.name}}?</div>
+                    <div class="Prompt-bodyQuery">
+                        <span translate>Are you sure you want to disassociate the host below from</span> {{disassociateGroup.name}}?<br /><br />
+                        <span translate>Note that only hosts directly in this group can be disassociated.  Hosts in sub-groups must be disassociated directly from the sub-group level that they belong.</span>
+                    </div>
                     <div class="Prompt-bodyTarget">{{ host.name }}</div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="Modal-footer">