diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue b/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue
index 646da5b91..221090aa6 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
       <TextInput id="bucketInput" v-model="providerConfig.bucket" required />
     </FormGroup>
 
+    <!-- when importing/restoring, the user enters a fullPath which contains the prefix -->
     <FormGroup v-if="provider !== 'filesystem' && !importOnly">
       <label for="prefixInput">{{ $t('backups.configureBackupStorage.prefix') }}</label>
       <TextInput id="prefixInput" v-model="providerConfig.prefix" placeholder="Prefix for backup file names" />