diff --git a/src/components/structures/UserSettings.js b/src/components/structures/UserSettings.js
index 4237cd78eb..92ad2a4c20 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/UserSettings.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/UserSettings.js
@@ -796,7 +796,14 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             <div>
                 <h3>{ _t("Debug Logs Submission") }</h3>
                 <div className="mx_UserSettings_section">
-                    <p>{ _t("Want to send logs?") }</p>
+                    <p>{
+                        _t( "If you've submitted a bug via GitHub, debug logs can help " +
+                            "us track down the problem. Debug logs contain application " +
+                            "usage data including your username, the IDs or aliases of " +
+                            "the rooms or groups you have visited and the usernames of " +
+                            "other users. They do not contian messages."
+                        )
+                    }</p>
                     <button className="mx_UserSettings_button danger"
                         onClick={this._onBugReportClicked}>{ _t('Submit debug logs') }
                     </button>
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index d51f20dbd0..b9c0813e40 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@
     "Device key:": "Device key:",
     "Ignored Users": "Ignored Users",
     "Debug Logs Submission": "Debug Logs Submission",
-    "Want to send logs?": "Want to send logs?",
+    "If you've submitted a bug via GitHub, debug logs can help us track down the problem. Debug logs contain application usage data including your username, the IDs or aliases of the rooms or groups you have visited and the usernames of other users. They do not contian messages.": "If you've submitted a bug via GitHub, debug logs can help us track down the problem. Debug logs contain application usage data including your username, the IDs or aliases of the rooms or groups you have visited and the usernames of other users. They do not contian messages.",
     "Submit debug logs": "Submit debug logs",
     "Riot collects anonymous analytics to allow us to improve the application.": "Riot collects anonymous analytics to allow us to improve the application.",
     "Privacy is important to us, so we don't collect any personal or identifiable data for our analytics.": "Privacy is important to us, so we don't collect any personal or identifiable data for our analytics.",