diff --git a/client/src/app/+admin/overview/videos/video-list.component.ts b/client/src/app/+admin/overview/videos/video-list.component.ts
index f7d88b752..298bffd52 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+admin/overview/videos/video-list.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+admin/overview/videos/video-list.component.ts
@@ -419,8 +419,36 @@ export class VideoListComponent extends RestTable <Video> implements OnInit {
   private generateCaption (videos: Video[]) {
     this.videoCaptionService.generateCaption(videos.map(v => v.id))
       .subscribe({
-        next: () => {
-          this.notifier.success($localize`Transcription jobs created.`)
+        next: result => {
+          const messages: string[] = []
+
+          if (result.success) {
+            this.notifier.success(
+              formatICU(
+                $localize`{count, plural, =1 {1 transcription job created.} other {{count} transcription jobs created.}}`,
+                { count: result.success }
+              )
+            )
+          }
+
+          if (result.alreadyHasCaptions) {
+            this.notifier.info(
+              formatICU(
+                $localize`{count, plural, =1 {1 video already has captions.} other {{count} videos already have captions.}}`,
+                { count: result.alreadyHasCaptions }
+              )
+            )
+          }
+
+          if (result.alreadyBeingTranscribed) {
+            this.notifier.info(
+              formatICU(
+                // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+                $localize`{count, plural, =1 {1 video is already being transcribed.} other {{count} videos are already being transcribed.}}`,
+                { count: result.alreadyBeingTranscribed }
+              )
+            )
+          }
         },
 
         error: err => this.notifier.error(err.message)
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/video-caption/video-caption.service.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/video-caption/video-caption.service.ts
index 4cd3105ac..0499165c1 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/video-caption/video-caption.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/video-caption/video-caption.service.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'
 import { RestExtractor, ServerService } from '@app/core'
 import { objectToFormData } from '@app/helpers'
 import { peertubeTranslate, sortBy } from '@peertube/peertube-core-utils'
-import { ResultList, VideoCaption } from '@peertube/peertube-models'
-import { Observable, from, of } from 'rxjs'
+import { PeerTubeProblemDocument, ResultList, ServerErrorCode, VideoCaption } from '@peertube/peertube-models'
+import { Observable, from, of, throwError } from 'rxjs'
 import { catchError, concatMap, map, switchMap, toArray } from 'rxjs/operators'
 import { environment } from '../../../../environments/environment'
 import { VideoPasswordService } from '../video/video-password.service'
@@ -78,8 +78,35 @@ export class VideoCaptionService {
   generateCaption (videoIds: (number | string)[]) {
     return from(videoIds)
       .pipe(
-        concatMap(videoId => this.authHttp.post(`${VideoService.BASE_VIDEO_URL}/${videoId}/captions/generate`, {})),
+        concatMap(videoId => {
+          return this.authHttp.post(`${VideoService.BASE_VIDEO_URL}/${videoId}/captions/generate`, {})
+            .pipe(
+              map(() => 'success' as 'success'),
+              catchError(err => {
+                const error: PeerTubeProblemDocument = err.error
+
+                if (error?.code === ServerErrorCode.VIDEO_ALREADY_HAS_CAPTIONS) {
+                  return of('already-has-captions' as 'already-has-captions')
+                }
+
+                if (error?.code === ServerErrorCode.VIDEO_ALREADY_BEING_TRANSCRIBED) {
+                  return of('already-being-transcribed' as 'already-being-transcribed')
+                }
+
+                return throwError(() => err)
+              })
+            )
+        }),
         toArray(),
+        map(data => {
+          return data.reduce((p, c) => {
+            if (c === 'success') p.success += 1
+            if (c === 'already-has-captions') p.alreadyHasCaptions += 1
+            if (c === 'already-being-transcribed') p.alreadyBeingTranscribed += 1
+
+            return p
+          }, { success: 0, alreadyHasCaptions: 0, alreadyBeingTranscribed: 0 })
+        }),
         catchError(err => this.restExtractor.handleError(err))
       )
   }
diff --git a/packages/models/src/server/server-error-code.enum.ts b/packages/models/src/server/server-error-code.enum.ts
index 53811d55c..74713c559 100644
--- a/packages/models/src/server/server-error-code.enum.ts
+++ b/packages/models/src/server/server-error-code.enum.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export const ServerErrorCode = {
 
   VIDEO_ALREADY_BEING_TRANSCODED: 'video_already_being_transcoded',
   VIDEO_ALREADY_BEING_TRANSCRIBED: 'video_already_being_transcribed',
+  VIDEO_ALREADY_HAS_CAPTIONS: 'video_already_has_captions',
 
   MAX_USER_VIDEO_QUOTA_EXCEEDED_FOR_USER_EXPORT: 'max_user_video_quota_exceeded_for_user_export'
 } as const
diff --git a/server/core/middlewares/validators/videos/video-captions.ts b/server/core/middlewares/validators/videos/video-captions.ts
index 74ad1e8aa..0f8af2372 100644
--- a/server/core/middlewares/validators/videos/video-captions.ts
+++ b/server/core/middlewares/validators/videos/video-captions.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ export const generateVideoCaptionValidator = [
     if (captions.length !== 0) {
       return res.fail({
         status: HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
+        type: ServerErrorCode.VIDEO_ALREADY_HAS_CAPTIONS,
         message: 'This video already has captions'
       })
     }