diff --git a/src/panels/config/lovelace/dashboards/ha-config-lovelace-dashboards.ts b/src/panels/config/lovelace/dashboards/ha-config-lovelace-dashboards.ts
index 5562df620a..7fda1bbe74 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/lovelace/dashboards/ha-config-lovelace-dashboards.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/lovelace/dashboards/ha-config-lovelace-dashboards.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import type {
   RowClickedEvent,
   SortingChangedEvent,
 } from "../../../../components/data-table/ha-data-table";
+import "../../../../components/ha-alert";
 import "../../../../components/ha-button";
 import "../../../../components/ha-dropdown";
 import "../../../../components/ha-dropdown-item";
@@ -460,9 +461,13 @@ export class HaConfigLovelaceDashboards extends LitElement {
       title: this.hass.localize(
         "ui.panel.config.lovelace.dashboards.detail.set_default_confirm_title"
       ),
-      text: this.hass.localize(
-        "ui.panel.config.lovelace.dashboards.detail.set_default_confirm_text"
-      ),
+      text: html`${this.hass.localize(
+          "ui.panel.config.lovelace.dashboards.detail.set_default_confirm_text"
+        )}<br /><br /><ha-alert alert-type="info"
+          >${this.hass.localize(
+            "ui.panel.config.lovelace.dashboards.detail.set_default_confirm_note"
+          )}</ha-alert
+        >`,
       confirmText: this.hass.localize("ui.common.ok"),
       dismissText: this.hass.localize("ui.common.cancel"),
       destructive: false,
diff --git a/src/translations/en.json b/src/translations/en.json
index 7251eaeee3..959a439a68 100644
--- a/src/translations/en.json
+++ b/src/translations/en.json
@@ -4272,7 +4272,8 @@
               "set_default": "Set as default",
               "remove_default": "Remove as default",
               "set_default_confirm_title": "Set as default dashboard?",
-              "set_default_confirm_text": "This dashboard will be shown to all users when opening Home Assistant. Each user can change this in their profile."
+              "set_default_confirm_text": "This dashboard will be shown to all users when opening Home Assistant.",
+              "set_default_confirm_note": "Users who have chosen a specific dashboard in their profile will not be affected. They must set it back to \"Auto (use system settings)\" to use this dashboard."
             }
           },
           "resources": {