diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/tools-item-action.inc b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/tools-item-action.inc
index b021b541fe..27fb6dadbd 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/tools-item-action.inc
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/tools-item-action.inc
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
         [% IF item_action_ignore AND num_items == 0 %]
-            <select name="item_action" id="item_action" disabled="disabled">
+            No items were found during staging
         [% ELSE %]
             <select name="item_action" id="item_action">
-        [% END %]
             [% IF ( item_action_always_add ) %]
                 <option value="always_add" selected="selected">
             [% ELSE %]
@@ -33,4 +32,5 @@
                 <option value="ignore">
             [% END %]
                 Ignore items</option>
-        </select>
+            </select>
+        [% END %]
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/stage-marc-import.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/stage-marc-import.tt
index 61626ffb63..7c758292c9 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/stage-marc-import.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/stage-marc-import.tt
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@
       </li>
       <li class="radio">
         <input type="radio" id="parse_itemsno" name="parse_items" value="0" />
-        <label for="parse_itemsno">No</label>
+        <label for="parse_itemsno">No (If you do not check for items while staging you may not change this option later)
+        </label>
       </li>
     </ol>
     <ol>