diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/SeshatResetDialog.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/SeshatResetDialog.tsx
index f40b7767f7..135f5d8197 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/SeshatResetDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/SeshatResetDialog.tsx
@@ -30,12 +30,14 @@ export default class SeshatResetDialog extends React.PureComponent<IDialogProps>
             <BaseDialog
                 hasCancel={true}
                 onFinished={this.props.onFinished.bind(null, false)}
-                title={_t("Reset event index store?")}>
+                title={_t("Reset event store?")}>
                 <div>
                     <p>
-                        {_t(
-                            "Your event store appears to be corrupted. " +
-                            "Your messages will be re-indexed as soon as the store is initialised.",
+                        {_t("You most likely do not want to reset your event index store")}
+                        <br />
+                        {_t("If you do, please note that none of your messages will be deleted, " +
+                            "but the search experience might be degraded for a few moments" +
+                            "whilst the index is recreated",
                         )}
                     </p>
                 </div>
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index 9c72f1c1c5..db61122005 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -2300,8 +2300,9 @@
     "Use your preferred Matrix homeserver if you have one, or host your own.": "Use your preferred Matrix homeserver if you have one, or host your own.",
     "Learn more": "Learn more",
     "About homeservers": "About homeservers",
-    "Reset event index store?": "Reset event index store?",
-    "Your event store appears corrupted. This action will restart this application.": "Your event store appears corrupted. This action will restart this application.",
+    "Reset event store?": "Reset event store?",
+    "You most likely do not want to reset your event index store": "You most likely do not want to reset your event index store",
+    "If you do, please note that none of your messages will be deleted, but the search experience might be degraded for a few momentswhilst the index is recreated": "If you do, please note that none of your messages will be deleted, but the search experience might be degraded for a few momentswhilst the index is recreated",
     "Reset event store": "Reset event store",
     "Sign out and remove encryption keys?": "Sign out and remove encryption keys?",
     "Clear Storage and Sign Out": "Clear Storage and Sign Out",