diff --git a/administrator/components/com_joomlaupdate/views/default/view.html.php b/administrator/components/com_joomlaupdate/views/default/view.html.php
index 16047460922f5..520b4288d5db5 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_joomlaupdate/views/default/view.html.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_joomlaupdate/views/default/view.html.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class JoomlaupdateViewDefault extends JViewLegacy
 	 *
 	 * @since  2.5.4
 	 */
-	public function display($tpl=null)
+	public function display($tpl = null)
 	{
 		// Get data from the model
 		$this->state = $this->get('State');
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public function display($tpl=null)
 		{
 			JToolbarHelper::preferences('com_joomlaupdate');
 		}
+
 		JToolBarHelper::divider();
 		JToolBarHelper::help('JHELP_COMPONENTS_JOOMLA_UPDATE');
 
@@ -64,6 +65,12 @@ public function display($tpl=null)
 		$document->addScript('../media/com_joomlaupdate/default.js');
 		JHtml::_('stylesheet', 'media/mediamanager.css', array(), true);
 
+		if (!is_null($this->updateInfo['object']))
+		{
+			// Show the message if a update is found.
+			JFactory::getApplication()->enqueueMessage(JText::_('COM_JOOMLAUPDATE_VIEW_DEFAULT_UPDATE_NOTICE'), 'notice');
+		}
+
 		// Render the view
 		parent::display($tpl);
 	}
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_installer.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_installer.ini
index eb91a6518b4fc..5f8d5628e16b9 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_installer.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_installer.ini
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ COM_INSTALLER_MSG_WARNINGS_SMALLPOSTSIZE="Small PHP maximum POST size"
 COM_INSTALLER_MSG_WARNINGS_SMALLPOSTSIZEDESC="The maximum POST size sets the most amount of data that can be sent via POST to the server. This includes form submissions for articles, media (images, videos) and extensions. This value is less than 2MB which may impact on uploading large extensions. This is set in the php.ini under post_max_size"
 COM_INSTALLER_MSG_WARNINGS_SMALLUPLOADSIZE="Small PHP file upload size"
 COM_INSTALLER_MSG_WARNINGS_SMALLUPLOADSIZEDESC="The maximum file size for uploads is set to less than 2MB which may impact on uploading large extensions."
-COM_INSTALLER_MSG_WARNINGS_UPDATE_NOTICE="Before updating ensure that the update is compatible with your Joomla! installation. If updating Joomla!, ensure installed extensions are available for the new Joomla! version."
+COM_INSTALLER_MSG_WARNINGS_UPDATE_NOTICE="Before updating ensure that the update is compatible with your Joomla! installation."
 COM_INSTALLER_MSG_WARNINGS_UPLOADBIGGERTHANPOST="PHP Upload Size bigger than POST size"
 COM_INSTALLER_MSG_WARNINGS_UPLOADBIGGERTHANPOSTDESC="The value of the upload_max_filesize in the php.ini file is greater than the post_max_size variable. The post_max_size variable will take precedence here and block requests larger than it. This is generally a server misconfiguration when trying to increase upload sizes. Please increase the upload_max_filesize to at least match the post_max_size variable or vice versa"
 COM_INSTALLER_N_EXTENSIONS_PUBLISHED="%d extensions successfully enabled."
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_joomlaupdate.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_joomlaupdate.ini
index 596a387695930..8bf2e2abd9fa3 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_joomlaupdate.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_joomlaupdate.ini
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ COM_JOOMLAUPDATE_VIEW_DEFAULT_NOUPDATES="No updates available"
 COM_JOOMLAUPDATE_VIEW_DEFAULT_NOUPDATESNOTICE="You already have the latest Joomla! version, %s."
 COM_JOOMLAUPDATE_VIEW_DEFAULT_PACKAGE="Update package URL"
 COM_JOOMLAUPDATE_VIEW_DEFAULT_UPDATEFOUND="A Joomla! update was found"
+COM_JOOMLAUPDATE_VIEW_DEFAULT_UPDATE_NOTICE="Before you update Joomla!, ensure that the installed extensions are available for the new Joomla! version."
 COM_JOOMLAUPDATE_VIEW_PROGRESS="Update progress"
 COM_JOOMLAUPDATE_VIEW_UPDATE_BYTESEXTRACTED="Bytes extracted"
 COM_JOOMLAUPDATE_VIEW_UPDATE_BYTESREAD="Bytes read"