diff --git a/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py b/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py
index e2bb50690..2e97ffb58 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py
@@ -260,9 +260,11 @@ class EventSettingsForm(SettingsForm):
     attendee_emails_asked = forms.BooleanField(
         label=_("Ask for email addresses per ticket"),
         help_text=_("Normally, pretix asks for one email address per order and the order confirmation will be send "
-                    "to that email address. If you enable this option, the system will additionally ask for "
+                    "only to that email address. If you enable this option, the system will additionally ask for "
                     "individual email addresses for every admission ticket. This might be useful if you want to "
-                    "obtain individual addresses for every attendee even in case of group orders."),
+                    "obtain individual addresses for every attendee even in case of group orders. However, "
+                    "pretix will currently still send the order confirmation only to the one primary email address "
+                    "and will not use the per-attendee addresses."),
         required=False
     )
     attendee_emails_required = forms.BooleanField(