diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/orders/export_form.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/orders/export_form.html
index 467be34a5..50b8e1d1d 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/orders/export_form.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/orders/export_form.html
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@
         <fieldset>
             <legend>{% trans "Export options" %}</legend>
             {% bootstrap_form exporter.form layout='control' %}
+
+            {% if "_format" in exporter.form.fields and exporter.multisheet_warning %}
+                <div data-display-dependency="#id_{{ exporter.form.prefix }}-_format" data-display-dependency-value="xlsx">
+                    <div class="alert alert-info">
+                        {% blocktrans trimmed %}
+                            Your generated Excel file will have <strong>multiple sheets</strong>. Some data you are
+                            looking for might not be on the first sheet.
+                        {% endblocktrans %}
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            {% endif %}
         </fieldset>
         {% if schedule_form %}
             {% include "pretixcontrol/orders/fragment_export_schedule_form.html" %}
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/organizers/export_form.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/organizers/export_form.html
index dc948936b..0611acfbf 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/organizers/export_form.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/organizers/export_form.html
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@
         <fieldset>
             <legend>{% trans "Export options" %}</legend>
             {% bootstrap_form exporter.form layout='control' %}
+
+            {% if "_format" in exporter.form.fields and exporter.multisheet_warning %}
+                <div data-display-dependency="#id_{{ exporter.form.prefix }}-_format" data-display-dependency-value="xlsx">
+                    <div class="alert alert-info">
+                        {% blocktrans trimmed %}
+                            Your generated Excel file will have <strong>multiple sheets</strong>. Some data you are
+                            looking for might not be on the first sheet.
+                        {% endblocktrans %}
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            {% endif %}
         </fieldset>
         {% if schedule_form %}
             {% include "pretixcontrol/orders/fragment_export_schedule_form.html" %}
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/views/orders.py b/src/pretix/control/views/orders.py
index d2d1c3a96..22363c624 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/views/orders.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/views/orders.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ from i18nfield.strings import LazyI18nString
 from pretix.base.channels import get_all_sales_channels
 from pretix.base.decimal import round_decimal
 from pretix.base.email import get_email_context
+from pretix.base.exporter import MultiSheetListExporter
 from pretix.base.i18n import language
 from pretix.base.models import (
     CachedCombinedTicket, CachedFile, CachedTicket, Checkin, Invoice,
@@ -2479,6 +2480,7 @@ class ExportMixin:
                 prefix=ex.identifier,
                 initial=initial
             )
+            ex.multisheet_warning = isinstance(ex, MultiSheetListExporter) and len(ex.sheets) > 1
             ex.form.fields = ex.export_form_fields
             return ex
 
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/views/organizer.py b/src/pretix/control/views/organizer.py
index c902a371c..e817128de 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/views/organizer.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/views/organizer.py
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ from pretix.api.models import ApiCall, WebHook
 from pretix.api.webhooks import manually_retry_all_calls
 from pretix.base.auth import get_auth_backends
 from pretix.base.channels import get_all_sales_channels
-from pretix.base.exporter import OrganizerLevelExportMixin
+from pretix.base.exporter import (
+    MultiSheetListExporter, OrganizerLevelExportMixin,
+)
 from pretix.base.i18n import language
 from pretix.base.models import (
     CachedFile, Customer, Device, Gate, GiftCard, Invoice, LogEntry,
@@ -1665,6 +1667,7 @@ class ExportMixin:
                 prefix=ex.identifier,
                 initial=initial
             )
+            ex.multisheet_warning = isinstance(ex, MultiSheetListExporter) and len(ex.sheets) > 1
             ex.form.fields = ex.export_form_fields
             if not isinstance(ex, OrganizerLevelExportMixin):
                 ex.form.fields.update([