diff --git a/src/views/backups.html b/src/views/backups.html
index 340f491c9..3843996e6 100644
--- a/src/views/backups.html
+++ b/src/views/backups.html
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
             <div class="form-group">
               <label class="control-label" for="storageProviderProvider">Storage provider <sup><a ng-href="{{ config.webServerOrigin }}/documentation/backups/#storage-providers" class="help" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i></a></sup></label>
+              <p class="small text-info" ng-show="backupConfig.provider !== configureBackup.provider">Backups in the old storage location have to be removed manually.</p>
               <select class="form-control" id="storageProviderProvider" ng-model="configureBackup.provider" ng-options="a.value as a.name for a in storageProvider" ng-change=configureBackup.clearForm()></select>
             </div>
 
@@ -138,7 +139,8 @@
 
             <div class="form-group" ng-show="configureBackup.provider !== 'noop'">
               <label class="control-label" for="storageFormat">Storage Format  <sup><a ng-href="{{ config.webServerOrigin }}/documentation/backups/#backup-formats" class="help" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i></a></sup></label>
-              <select class="form-control" id="storageFormat" ng-change="configureBackup.password = ''" ng-model="configureBackup.format" ng-options="a.value as a.name for a in formats"></select>
+              <p class="small text-info" ng-show="backupConfig.format !== configureBackup.format">Previous backups using the old storage format have to be removed manually.</p>
+              <select class="form-control" id="storageFormat" ng-model="configureBackup.format" ng-options="a.value as a.name for a in formats"></select>
             </div>
 
             <div class="form-group" ng-show="configureBackup.provider !== 'noop'">
@@ -157,9 +159,6 @@
               <input type="text" class="form-control" name="password" ng-model="configureBackup.password" id="inputConfigureBackupPassword" name="prefix" ng-disabled="configureBackup.busy" placeholder="Passphrase used to encrypt the backups">
             </div>
 
-            <p class="text-info">
-              If you change the location of backups, Cloudron will not delete backups stored in the previous location. They have to be removed manually.
-            </p>
             <input class="ng-hide" type="submit" ng-disabled="configureBackupForm.$invalid"/>
           </fieldset>
         </form>