diff --git a/public/locales/en/app.json b/public/locales/en/app.json
index ecf1143ad..9f5d38712 100644
--- a/public/locales/en/app.json
+++ b/public/locales/en/app.json
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
     "unselectAll": "Unselect all"
   },
   "cliModal": {
-    "description": "Paste the following into your terminal to do this task in IPFS via the command line. Remember that you'll need to replace placeholders with your specific parameters.",
-    "extraNotes": "If you've made changes to the config in this page's code editor that you'd like to save, click the download icon next to the copy button to download it as a JSON file."
+    "description": "Paste the following into your terminal to do this task in IPFS via the command line. Remember that you'll need to replace placeholders with your specific parameters."
   },
   "nav": {
     "bugsLink": "Report a bug",
diff --git a/public/locales/en/files.json b/public/locales/en/files.json
index afd7a4631..5f0e69105 100644
--- a/public/locales/en/files.json
+++ b/public/locales/en/files.json
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
     "copyHash": "Copy CID",
     "share": "Share link"
   },
+  "cliModal": {
+    "extraNotesPinning": "This command is only for local pinning/unpinning. If you want to use a remote pinning service, consult that service's documentation to learn how to pin/unpin from the command line."
+  },
   "shareModal": {
     "title": "Share files",
     "description": "Copy the link below and share it with your friends."
diff --git a/public/locales/en/settings.json b/public/locales/en/settings.json
index 9bfb50642..0b383a774 100644
--- a/public/locales/en/settings.json
+++ b/public/locales/en/settings.json
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
   },
   "apiDescription": "<0>If your node is configured with a <1>custom API address</1>, including a port other than the default 5001, enter it here.</0>",
   "cliDescription": "<0>Enable this option to display a \"view code\" <1></1> icon next to common IPFS commands. Clicking it opens a modal with that command's CLI code, so you can paste it into the IPFS command-line interface in your terminal.</0>",
+  "cliModal": {
+    "extraNotesJsonConfig": "If you've made changes to the config in this page's code editor that you'd like to save, click the download icon next to the copy button to download it as a JSON file."
+  },
   "pinningModal": {
     "title": "Select a pinning service provider.",
     "description": "Don’t see your pinning service provider? <1>Add a custom one.<1>"
diff --git a/src/bundles/files/consts.js b/src/bundles/files/consts.js
index 47a2fda4e..20fdc1ccf 100644
--- a/src/bundles/files/consts.js
+++ b/src/bundles/files/consts.js
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ export const cliCmdKeys = {
   ADD_NEW_PEER: 'addNewPeer'
 }
 
+export const cliCmdPrefixes = {
+  PIN_OBJECT: 'ipfs pin'
+}
+
 export const cliCommandList = {
   [cliCmdKeys.UPDATE_IPFS_CONFIG]: () => 'ipfs config replace <path-to-settings.json>',
   /**
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ export const cliCommandList = {
    * @param {string} cid
    * @param {string} op
    */
-  [cliCmdKeys.PIN_OBJECT]: (cid, op) => `ipfs pin ${op} ${cid}`,
+  [cliCmdKeys.PIN_OBJECT]: (cid, op) => `${cliCmdPrefixes.PIN_OBJECT} ${op} ${cid}`,
   /**
    * @param {string} filePath
    * @param {string} fileName
diff --git a/src/components/cli-tutor-mode/CliTutorMode.js b/src/components/cli-tutor-mode/CliTutorMode.js
index a3671a842..f65e32165 100644
--- a/src/components/cli-tutor-mode/CliTutorMode.js
+++ b/src/components/cli-tutor-mode/CliTutorMode.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import Button from '../button/Button'
 import Overlay from '../overlay/Overlay'
 import Shell from '../shell/Shell'
 import StrokeDownload from '../../icons/StrokeDownload'
-import { cliCmdKeys, cliCommandList } from '../../bundles/files/consts'
+import { cliCmdKeys, cliCommandList, cliCmdPrefixes } from '../../bundles/files/consts'
 
 export const CliTutorialModal = ({ command, t, onLeave, className, downloadConfig, ...props }) => {
   const onClickCopyToClipboard = (cmd) => {
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ export const CliTutorialModal = ({ command, t, onLeave, className, downloadConfi
           {t('app:cliModal.description')}
         </p>
         <p className='charcoal-muted w-90 center'>
-          { command && command === cliCommandList[cliCmdKeys.UPDATE_IPFS_CONFIG]() ? t('app:cliModal.extraNotes') : ''}
+          { command && command === cliCommandList[cliCmdKeys.UPDATE_IPFS_CONFIG]() ? t('settings:cliModal.extraNotesJsonConfig') : ''}
+          { command && command.startsWith(cliCmdPrefixes.PIN_OBJECT) ? t('files:cliModal.extraNotesPinning') : ''}
         </p>
         <div>
           <Shell className='tl' title="Shell">