diff --git a/about.pl b/about.pl
index 4bf9779fc4..45372288c6 100755
--- a/about.pl
+++ b/about.pl
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ use C4::Installer;
 use Koha;
 use Koha::Borrowers;
 use Koha::Config::SysPrefs;
+use C4::Members::Statistics;
 
 #use Smart::Comments '####';
 
@@ -69,6 +70,14 @@ if ( any { /(^psgi\.|^plack\.)/i } keys %ENV ) {
 }
 
 # Additional system information for warnings
+
+my $warnStatisticsFieldsError;
+my $prefStatisticsFields = C4::Context->preference('StatisticsFields');
+if ($prefStatisticsFields) {
+    $warnStatisticsFieldsError = $prefStatisticsFields
+        unless ( $prefStatisticsFields eq C4::Members::Statistics->get_fields() );
+}
+
 my $prefAutoCreateAuthorities = C4::Context->preference('AutoCreateAuthorities');
 my $prefBiblioAddsAuthorities = C4::Context->preference('BiblioAddsAuthorities');
 my $warnPrefBiblioAddsAuthorities = ( $prefAutoCreateAuthorities && ( !$prefBiblioAddsAuthorities) );
@@ -269,6 +278,7 @@ $template->param(
     warnIsRootUser => $warnIsRootUser,
     warnNoActiveCurrency => $warnNoActiveCurrency,
     xml_config_warnings => \@xml_config_warnings,
+    warnStatisticsFieldsError => $warnStatisticsFieldsError,
 );
 
 my @components = ();
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/about.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/about.tt
index 34c880b5e0..fb7a265f56 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/about.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/about.tt
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
         <div id="sysinfo">
     [% IF warnPrefBiblioAddsAuthorities || warnPrefEasyAnalyticalRecords || warnPrefAnonymousPatron ||
-          warnNoActiveCurrency || QueryParserError || warnIsRootUser || xml_config_warnings.size || AutoSelfCheckPatronDoesNotHaveSelfCheckPerm || AutoSelfCheckPatronHasTooManyPerm %]
+          warnNoActiveCurrency || QueryParserError || warnIsRootUser || xml_config_warnings.size || AutoSelfCheckPatronDoesNotHaveSelfCheckPerm || AutoSelfCheckPatronHasTooManyPerm || warnStatisticsFieldsError %]
         [% IF (warnIsRootUser) %]
             <h2>Warning regarding current user</h2>
             <p>You are logged in as the database administrative user. This is not recommended because some parts of Koha will not function as expected when using this account.</p>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
         [% END %]
 
         [% IF warnPrefBiblioAddsAuthorities || warnPrefEasyAnalyticalRecords || warnPrefAnonymousPatron ||
-              warnNoActiveCurrency || QueryParserError || AutoSelfCheckPatronDoesNotHaveSelfCheckPerm || AutoSelfCheckPatronHasTooManyPerm %]
+              warnNoActiveCurrency || QueryParserError || AutoSelfCheckPatronDoesNotHaveSelfCheckPerm || AutoSelfCheckPatronHasTooManyPerm || warnStatisticsFieldsError%]
             <h2>Warnings regarding the system configuration</h2>
             <table>
                 <caption>Preferences and parameters</caption>
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@
                 [% IF warnNoActiveCurrency %]
                     <tr><th scope="row"><b>Warning</b> </th><td>No active currency is defined. Please go to <a href="/cgi-bin/koha/admin/currency.pl">Administration &gt; Currencies and exchange rates</a> and mark one currency as active.</td></tr>
                 [% END %]
+                [% IF warnStatisticsFieldsError %]
+                    <tr><th scope="row"><b>Warning</b> </th><td>System preference 'StatisticsFields' contains field names not belonging to the items database table: [% warnStatisticsFieldsError %] </td></tr>
+                [% END %]
                 [% IF QueryParserError %]
                     <tr><th scope="row"><b>Warning</b> </th><td>
                         You have set UseQueryParser but there was a problem inititializing QueryParser.
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/patrons.pref b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/patrons.pref
index 42e4d39855..33270cf37c 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/patrons.pref
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/patrons.pref
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Patrons:
          - "Show the following fields from the items database table as columns on the statistics tab on the patron record: "
          - pref: StatisticsFields
            class: multi
-         - (separate fields with |)
+         - "(separate fields with |, without trailing |). Default if empty: location|itype|ccode"
      -
          - pref: EnableBorrowerFiles
            choices: