diff --git a/admin/blocks.php b/admin/blocks.php
index b7c794b9195..00132cc855b 100644
--- a/admin/blocks.php
+++ b/admin/blocks.php
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     echo $OUTPUT->header();
     echo $OUTPUT->heading($strmanageblocks);
 
+    echo $OUTPUT->notification(get_string('noteunneededblocks', 'admin'), 'info');
 /// Main display starts here
 
 /// Get and sort the existing blocks
diff --git a/lang/en/admin.php b/lang/en/admin.php
index 4b0591e3d00..82394a676fe 100644
--- a/lang/en/admin.php
+++ b/lang/en/admin.php
@@ -898,6 +898,7 @@ $string['none'] = 'None';
 $string['nonewsettings'] = 'No new settings were added during this upgrade.';
 $string['nonexistentbookmark'] = 'The bookmark you requested does not exist.';
 $string['nosupportedlogstore'] = 'No supported logstore found';
+$string['noteunneededblocks'] = 'Note: Blocks set to show will not be listed in the \'Add a block\' menu in a course if they are specified in the theme setting \'Unneeded blocks\'.';
 $string['maxtimelimit'] = 'Maximum time limit';
 $string['maxtimelimit_desc'] = 'To restrict the maximum PHP execution time that Moodle will allow without any output being displayed, enter a value in seconds here. 0 means that Moodle default restrictions are used. If you have a front-end server with its own time limit, set this value lower to receive PHP errors in logs. Does not apply to CLI scripts.';
 $string['moodleapp'] = 'Moodle app';