diff --git a/app/portainer/components/forms/registry-form-custom/registry-form-custom.html b/app/portainer/components/forms/registry-form-custom/registry-form-custom.html
index 00954502d3..0853276e1b 100644
--- a/app/portainer/components/forms/registry-form-custom/registry-form-custom.html
+++ b/app/portainer/components/forms/registry-form-custom/registry-form-custom.html
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   <div class="form-group">
     <label for="registry_url" class="col-sm-3 col-lg-2 control-label required text-left">
       Registry URL
-      <portainer-tooltip message="'URL or IP address of a Docker registry. Any protocol and trailing slash will be stripped if present.'"></portainer-tooltip>
+      <portainer-tooltip message="'Registry URL or IP. Using http:// means it will be saved as an HTTP registry. Otherwise, it will be saved as HTTPS.'"></portainer-tooltip>
     </label>
     <div class="col-sm-9 col-lg-10">
       <input