diff --git a/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py b/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py
index b27a0cf578..7b2b6ed54d 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py
@@ -395,8 +395,8 @@ class EventSettingsForm(SettingsForm):
                     "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. However, "
-                    "pretix will send the order confirmation only to the one primary email address, not to the "
-                    "per-attendee addresses."),
+                    "pretix will send the order confirmation by default only to the one primary email address, not to "
+                    "the per-attendee addresses. You can however enable this in the E-mail settings."),
         required=False
     )
     attendee_emails_required = forms.BooleanField(