diff --git a/app/views/devise/passwords/new.html.haml b/app/views/devise/passwords/new.html.haml
index ef876779ad6985672c02706ddb14905ce4370bca..d1db34f68115aac0d3c5d143b335fca9bfac615b 100644
--- a/app/views/devise/passwords/new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/devise/passwords/new.html.haml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
       .form-group
         = f.label :email
         = f.email_field :email, class: "form-control gl-form-input", required: true, value: params[:user_email], autofocus: true, title: _('Please provide a valid email address.')
+        = _('Must be the primary email address of the GitLab account')
       .clearfix
         = f.submit _("Reset password"), class: "gl-button btn-confirm btn"
 
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index cc042d21e08971d3f06bc101dab2d60639d7a8b7..a665f711136fb1296ac83f00da891324a0155587 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -21639,6 +21639,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Multiple uploaders found: %{uploader_types}"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Must be the primary email address of the GitLab account"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Must have a unique policy, status, and elapsed time"
 msgstr ""