diff --git a/src/frontend/src/app/pages/user/bucket/bucket-form-page/bucket-form-page.component.ts b/src/frontend/src/app/pages/user/bucket/bucket-form-page/bucket-form-page.component.ts
index 33b1f42d..61de47ae 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/app/pages/user/bucket/bucket-form-page/bucket-form-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/app/pages/user/bucket/bucket-form-page/bucket-form-page.component.ts
@@ -228,7 +228,9 @@ export class BucketFormPageComponent implements OnInit, IsDirty {
           type: 'checkbox',
           name: 'RetentionEnabled',
           label: TEXT('Retention'),
-          hint: TEXT('Prevent object deletion for a period of time.'),
+          hint: TEXT(
+            'Prevent object deletion for a period of time. The settings are applied to any object for which no explicit retention mode is specified.'
+          ),
           value: false,
           modifiers: [
             {