diff --git a/client/src/app/+videos/+video-edit/shared/video-edit.component.html b/client/src/app/+videos/+video-edit/shared/video-edit.component.html
index 33a6c041a..b88abede6 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+videos/+video-edit/shared/video-edit.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/+videos/+video-edit/shared/video-edit.component.html
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 
       <ng-template ngbNavContent>
         <div class="captions">
-          <div class="alert pt-alert-primary" *ngIf="displayTranscriptionInfo && isTranscriptionEnabled()" i18n>
+          <div class="alert pt-alert-primary" *ngIf="displayTranscriptionInfo && isTranscriptionEnabled() && !hasCaptions()" i18n>
             A subtitle will be automatically generated from your video.
           </div>
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/+videos/+video-edit/shared/video-edit.component.ts b/client/src/app/+videos/+video-edit/shared/video-edit.component.ts
index 711111a6b..2e5e2f267 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+videos/+video-edit/shared/video-edit.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+videos/+video-edit/shared/video-edit.component.ts
@@ -430,6 +430,10 @@ export class VideoEditComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     return this.serverConfig.videoTranscription.enabled
   }
 
+  hasCaptions () {
+    return this.getExistingCaptions().length !== 0
+  }
+
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   resetField (name: string) {