diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/discovery/topics.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/discovery/topics.js.es6
index 6869f88f4a..8bde80be30 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/discovery/topics.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/discovery/topics.js.es6
@@ -145,6 +145,18 @@ var controllerOpts = {
     }
   }.property('allLoaded', 'topics.length'),
 
+  footerEducation: function() {
+    if (!this.get('allLoaded') || this.get('topics.length') > 0 || !Discourse.User.current()) { return; }
+
+    var split = this.get('filter').split('/');
+
+    if (split[0] !== 'new' && split[0] !== 'unread') { return; }
+
+    return I18n.t("topics.none.educate." + split[0], {
+      userPrefsUrl: Discourse.getURL("/users/") + (Discourse.User.currentProp("username_lower")) + "/preferences"
+    });
+  }.property('allLoaded', 'topics.length'),
+
   loadMoreTopics: function() {
     return this.get('model').loadMore();
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/discovery/topics.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/discovery/topics.js.handlebars
index e7f620ed4a..cee89c8b8a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/discovery/topics.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/discovery/topics.js.handlebars
@@ -91,21 +91,27 @@
       <button class='btn dismiss-read' {{action resetNew}}>{{i18n topics.bulk.dismiss_new}}</button>
     {{/if}}
 
-    <h3>
-      {{#if latest}}
+    {{#if latest}}
+      {{{footerEducation}}}
+      <h3>
         {{footerMessage}}
         {{#if can_create_topic}}<a href='#' {{action createTopic}}>{{i18n topic.suggest_create_topic}}</a>{{/if}}
-      {{else}}
-        {{#if top}}
+      </h3>
+    {{else}}
+      {{#if top}}
+        <h3>
           {{#link-to "discovery.categories"}}{{i18n topic.browse_all_categories}}{{/link-to}}, {{#link-to 'discovery.latest'}}{{i18n topic.view_latest_topics}}{{/link-to}} {{i18n or}} {{i18n filters.top.other_periods}}
           {{#unless yearly}}<a href="{{unbound showMoreYearlyUrl}}" class='btn'><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i>{{i18n filters.top.this_year}}</a>{{/unless}}
           {{#unless monthly}}<a href="{{unbound showMoreMonthlyUrl}}" class='btn'><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i>{{i18n filters.top.this_month}}</a>{{/unless}}
           {{#unless weekly}}<a href="{{unbound showMoreWeeklyUrl}}" class='btn'><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i>{{i18n filters.top.this_week}}</a>{{/unless}}
           {{#unless daily}}<a href="{{unbound showMoreDailyUrl}}" class='btn'><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i>{{i18n filters.top.today}}</a>{{/unless}}
-        {{else}}
+        </h3>
+      {{else}}
+        {{{footerEducation}}}
+        <h3>
           {{footerMessage}}{{#link-to "discovery.categories"}} {{i18n topic.browse_all_categories}}{{/link-to}} {{i18n or}} {{#link-to 'discovery.latest'}}{{i18n topic.view_latest_topics}}{{/link-to}}
-        {{/if}}
+        </h3>
       {{/if}}
-    </h3>
+    {{/if}}
   {{/if}}
 </footer>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/mobile/discovery/topics.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/mobile/discovery/topics.js.handlebars
index ae08623ad3..9864db826f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/mobile/discovery/topics.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/mobile/discovery/topics.js.handlebars
@@ -36,21 +36,28 @@
     {{#if showResetNew}}
       <button class='btn dismiss-read' {{action resetNew}}>{{i18n topics.bulk.dismiss_new}}</button>
     {{/if}}
-    <h3>
-      {{#if latest}}
+
+    {{#if latest}}
+      {{{footerEducation}}}
+      <h3>
         {{footerMessage}}
         {{#if can_create_topic}}<a href='#' {{action createTopic}}>{{i18n topic.suggest_create_topic}}</a>{{/if}}
-      {{else}}
-        {{#if top}}
+      </h3>
+    {{else}}
+      {{#if top}}
+        <h3>
           {{#link-to "discovery.categories"}}{{i18n topic.browse_all_categories}}{{/link-to}}, {{#link-to 'discovery.latest'}}{{i18n topic.view_latest_topics}}{{/link-to}} {{i18n or}} {{i18n filters.top.other_periods}}
           {{#unless yearly}}<a href="{{unbound showMoreYearlyUrl}}" class='btn'><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i>{{i18n filters.top.this_year}}</a>{{/unless}}
           {{#unless monthly}}<a href="{{unbound showMoreMonthlyUrl}}" class='btn'><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i>{{i18n filters.top.this_month}}</a>{{/unless}}
           {{#unless weekly}}<a href="{{unbound showMoreWeeklyUrl}}" class='btn'><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i>{{i18n filters.top.this_week}}</a>{{/unless}}
           {{#unless daily}}<a href="{{unbound showMoreDailyUrl}}" class='btn'><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i>{{i18n filters.top.today}}</a>{{/unless}}
-        {{else}}
+        </h3>
+      {{else}}
+        {{{footerEducation}}}
+        <h3>
           {{footerMessage}}{{#link-to "discovery.categories"}} {{i18n topic.browse_all_categories}}{{/link-to}} {{i18n or}} {{#link-to 'discovery.latest'}}{{i18n topic.view_latest_topics}}{{/link-to}}
-        {{/if}}
+        </h3>
       {{/if}}
-    </h3>
+    {{/if}}
   {{/if}}
 </footer>
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index 257b1a42ee..d150f7f466 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -769,6 +769,9 @@ en:
         hot: "There are no hot topics."
         category: "There are no {{category}} topics."
         top: "There are no top topics."
+        educate:
+          new: '<p>Your <a href="%{userPrefsUrl}">preferences</a> define which topics are considered new.</p>'
+          unread: "<p>You have read all of the posts in the topics you are tracking or watching.</p>"
       bottom:
         latest: "There are no more latest topics."
         hot: "There are no more hot topics."