diff --git a/copyparty/__main__.py b/copyparty/__main__.py
index 5db571c9..bdefacfc 100644
--- a/copyparty/__main__.py
+++ b/copyparty/__main__.py
@@ -1777,7 +1777,7 @@ def add_db_general(ap, hcores):
     ap2.add_argument("-e2vp", action="store_true", help="on hash mismatch: panic and quit copyparty")
     ap2.add_argument("--hist", metavar="PATH", type=u, default="", help="where to store volume data (db, thumbs); default is a folder named \".hist\" inside each volume (volflag=hist)")
     ap2.add_argument("--dbpath", metavar="PATH", type=u, default="", help="override where the volume databases are to be placed; default is the same as \033[33m--hist\033[0m (volflag=dbpath)")
-    ap2.add_argument("--fika", metavar="TXT", type=u, default="ucd", help="list of user-actions to allow while filesystem-indexer is still busy; set blank to never interrupt indexing (old default). NOTE: blank is recommended if dedup enabled. [\033[32mu\033[0m]=uploads, [\033[32mc\033[0m]=filecopy, [\033[32mm\033[0m]=move/rename, [\033[32md\033[0m]=delete")
+    ap2.add_argument("--fika", metavar="TXT", type=u, default="ucd", help="list of user-actions to allow while filesystem-indexer is still busy; set blank to never interrupt indexing (old default). [\033[32mu\033[0m]=uploads, [\033[32mc\033[0m]=filecopy, [\033[32mm\033[0m]=move/rename, [\033[32md\033[0m]=delete. NOTE: [\033[32mm\033[0m] is untested/scary, and blank is recommended if dedup enabled")
     ap2.add_argument("--no-hash", metavar="PTN", type=u, default="", help="regex: disable hashing of matching absolute-filesystem-paths during e2ds folder scans (must be specified as one big regex, not multiple times) (volflag=nohash)")
     ap2.add_argument("--no-idx", metavar="PTN", type=u, default=noidx, help="regex: disable indexing of matching absolute-filesystem-paths during e2ds folder scan (must be specified as one big regex, not multiple times) (volflag=noidx)")
     ap2.add_argument("--no-dirsz", action="store_true", help="do not show total recursive size of folders in listings, show inode size instead; slightly faster (volflag=nodirsz)")
diff --git a/copyparty/authsrv.py b/copyparty/authsrv.py
index 1921bf40..7268e371 100644
--- a/copyparty/authsrv.py
+++ b/copyparty/authsrv.py
@@ -2941,7 +2941,7 @@ class AuthSrv(object):
             t += "\n"
 
         if have_symdup and self.args.fika:
-            t = "WARNING: disabling fika due to symlink-based dedup in at least one volume; consider --reflink or --hardlink"
+            t = "WARNING: disabling fika due to symlink-based dedup in at least one volume; uploads/deletes will be blocked during filesystem-indexing. Consider --reflink or --hardlink"
             # self.args.fika = self.args.fika.replace("m", "").replace("d", "")  # probably not enough
             self.args.fika = ""