diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/admin/settings/slack/components/SlackStatusForm/SlackStatusForm.tsx b/frontend/src/metabase/admin/settings/slack/components/SlackStatusForm/SlackStatusForm.tsx
index 5fc02da7573119846b89c92d6453dad36065b20d..34e6c4fb30fc12b33140eb0ba0dbb7a2dd0634ff 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/admin/settings/slack/components/SlackStatusForm/SlackStatusForm.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/admin/settings/slack/components/SlackStatusForm/SlackStatusForm.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useCallback, useMemo } from "react";
+import { t } from "ttag";
 import Form from "metabase/containers/FormikForm";
 import { SlackSettings } from "metabase-types/api";
 import { getSlackForm } from "../../forms";
@@ -21,7 +22,10 @@ const SlackStatusForm = ({ settings }: SlackStatusFormProps): JSX.Element => {
       {({ Form, FormField }: FormProps) => (
         <Form>
           <FormField name="slack-app-token" />
-          <FormField name="slack-files-channel" />
+          <FormField
+            name="slack-files-channel"
+            description={t`We'll upload charts and tables here before sending out dashboard subscriptions.`}
+          />
         </Form>
       )}
     </Form>
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/admin/settings/slack/components/SlackStatusForm/types.ts b/frontend/src/metabase/admin/settings/slack/components/SlackStatusForm/types.ts
index c820e7d2744ca44a39badf89a796e6b265468f75..ce785894cd50bfa4d5a0d295e2ed56023b42032c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/admin/settings/slack/components/SlackStatusForm/types.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/admin/settings/slack/components/SlackStatusForm/types.ts
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ export interface FormProps {
 
 export interface FormFieldProps {
   name: string;
+  description?: string;
 }