diff --git a/js/page/publish.js b/js/page/publish.js
index d9c051176..0957dfebc 100644
--- a/js/page/publish.js
+++ b/js/page/publish.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ var PublishPage = React.createClass({
   },
   handlePublishSuccess: function() {
     alert(`Your file ${this.refs.meta_title.getValue()} has been published to LBRY at the address lbry://${this.state.name}!\n\n` +
-          `You will now be taken to your My Files page, where your newly published file should appear within a few minutes.`);
+          `You will now be taken to your My Files page, where your newly published file will be listed. Your file will take a few minutes to appear for other LBRY users; until then it will be listed as "pending."`);
     window.location = "?files";
   },
   handlePublishError: function(error) {