diff --git a/src/translation/en.json b/src/translation/en.json
index b915105f2..3eab54da9 100644
--- a/src/translation/en.json
+++ b/src/translation/en.json
@@ -466,6 +466,10 @@
             "copyConcurrencyDigitalOceanNote": "DigitalOcean Spaces rate limits at 20.",
             "encryptionPasswordPlaceholder": "Passphrase used to encrypt the backups",
             "encryptionPasswordRepeat": "Repeat Password"
+        },
+        "check": {
+            "noop": "Cloudron backups are disabled. Please ensure this server is backed up using alternate means. See https://docs.cloudron.io/backups/#storage-providers for more information.",
+            "sameDisk": "Cloudron backups are currently on the same disk as the Cloudron server instance. This is dangerous and can lead to complete data loss if the disk fails. See https://docs.cloudron.io/backups/#storage-providers for storing backups in an external location."
         }
     },
     "branding": {
diff --git a/src/views/backups.html b/src/views/backups.html
index 03b7c6b02..4d74d060b 100644
--- a/src/views/backups.html
+++ b/src/views/backups.html
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
       </span>
     </p>
 
-    <p ng-hide="backupCheck.ok" class="text-danger" ng-bind-html="backupCheck.message | markdown2html"></p>
+    <p ng-hide="backupCheck.ok" class="text-danger" ng-bind-html="backupCheck.message | tr | markdown2html"></p>
 
     <div class="row">
       <div class="col-xs-6">
diff --git a/src/views/backups.js b/src/views/backups.js
index 6714f6e5c..805340917 100644
--- a/src/views/backups.js
+++ b/src/views/backups.js
@@ -685,6 +685,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
         Client.checkBackupConfig(function (error, check) {
             if (error) return console.error(error);
 
+            // { ok: bool, message: checkMessageTranslationKey }
             $scope.backupCheck = check;
         });
     }