diff --git a/portal-ui/src/screens/Console/Buckets/ListBuckets/AddBucket/AddBucket.tsx b/portal-ui/src/screens/Console/Buckets/ListBuckets/AddBucket/AddBucket.tsx
index 3932c55ba..1b8b83e10 100644
--- a/portal-ui/src/screens/Console/Buckets/ListBuckets/AddBucket/AddBucket.tsx
+++ b/portal-ui/src/screens/Console/Buckets/ListBuckets/AddBucket/AddBucket.tsx
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ const AddBucket = ({ classes }: IsetProps) => {
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                   <b>Retention</b> imposes rules to prevent object deletion for
-                  a period of time.
+                  a period of time. Versioning must be enabled in order to set
+                  bucket retention policies.
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                   <br />
                   <b>Bucket Naming Rules</b>