diff --git a/res/layout/new_contact_activity.xml b/res/layout/new_contact_activity.xml
index 5e5e4b80c..75d230350 100644
--- a/res/layout/new_contact_activity.xml
+++ b/res/layout/new_contact_activity.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@
 
         </com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
 
+        <TextView
+            android:id="@+id/information_label"
+            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/email"
+            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="@id/guideline_root_end"
+            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="@id/guideline_root_start"
+            android:layout_width="0dp"
+            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+            android:layout_marginTop="32dp"
+            android:text="@string/new_classic_contact_explain"
+            android:textColor="@color/gray50" />
+
     </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
 
 </ScrollView>
diff --git a/res/values/strings.xml b/res/values/strings.xml
index 61cb48437..eabc288f7 100644
--- a/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
     <!-- menu labels (or icon, buttons...) -->
     <string name="menu_new_contact">New Contact</string>
     <string name="menu_new_classic_contact">Add Contact Manually</string>
+    <string name="new_classic_contact_explain">Manually added contacts can be used to text to classic e-mail and are not guaranteed end-to-end encrypted.</string>
     <string name="menu_new_chat">New Chat</string>
     <string name="menu_new_group">New Group</string>
     <string name="clone_chat">Clone Chat</string>