diff --git a/webapp/components/admin_console/compliance_settings.jsx b/webapp/components/admin_console/compliance_settings.jsx
index eac9bf097e..f9dc61c1de 100644
--- a/webapp/components/admin_console/compliance_settings.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/admin_console/compliance_settings.jsx
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ export default class ComplianceSettings extends AdminSettings {
                         />
                     }
                     helpText={
-                        <FormattedMessage
+                        <FormattedHTMLMessage
                             id='admin.compliance.enableDesc'
-                            defaultMessage='When true, Mattermost allows compliance reporting'
+                            defaultMessage='When true, Mattermost allows compliance reporting from the <strong>Compliance and Auditing</strong> tab. See <a href="https://docs.mattermost.com/administration/compliance.html" target="_blank">documentation</a> to learn more.'
                         />
                     }
                     value={this.state.enable}
diff --git a/webapp/i18n/en.json b/webapp/i18n/en.json
index 9aa3a8e617..c9f235d2a7 100644
--- a/webapp/i18n/en.json
+++ b/webapp/i18n/en.json
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
   "admin.compliance.directoryTitle": "Compliance Report Directory:",
   "admin.compliance.enableDailyDesc": "When true, Mattermost will generate a daily compliance report.",
   "admin.compliance.enableDailyTitle": "Enable Daily Report:",
-  "admin.compliance.enableDesc": "When true, Mattermost allows compliance reporting",
+  "admin.compliance.enableDesc": "When true, Mattermost allows compliance reporting from the <strong>Compliance and Auditing</strong> tab. See <a href=\"https://docs.mattermost.com/administration/compliance.html\" target=\"_blank\">documentation</a> to learn more.",
   "admin.compliance.enableTitle": "Enable Compliance Reporting:",
   "admin.compliance.false": "false",
   "admin.compliance.noLicense": "<h4 class=\"banner__heading\">Note:</h4><p>Compliance is an enterprise feature. Your current license does not support Compliance. Click <a href=\"http://mattermost.com\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> for information and pricing on enterprise licenses.</p>",