diff --git a/src/views/app.html b/src/views/app.html
index e64a9d41e..c24651bce 100644
--- a/src/views/app.html
+++ b/src/views/app.html
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@
               <form role="form" name="resourcesForm" ng-submit="resources.submitMemoryLimit()" autocomplete="off">
                 <div class="form-group">
                   <label class="control-label" for="memoryLimit">Memory Limit <sup><a ng-href="{{ config.webServerOrigin }}/documentation/apps/#memory-limit" class="help" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i></a></sup> : <b>{{ resources.memoryLimit ? resources.memoryLimit / 1024 / 1024 + 'MB' : 'Default (256 MB)' }}</b></label>
+                  <p>The memory limit specified above is a combination of RAM and swap space to be allocated for the app. Cloudron allocates 50% of this value as RAM and 50% as swap.</p>
                   <br/>
                   <div style="padding: 0 10px;">
                     <slider id="memoryLimit" ng-model="resources.memoryLimit" step="134217728" tooltip="hide" ticks="resources.memoryTicks" ticks-snap-bounds="67108864"></slider>