diff --git a/engines/bastion_katello/app/assets/javascripts/bastion_katello/products/details/repositories/details/views/repository-info.html b/engines/bastion_katello/app/assets/javascripts/bastion_katello/products/details/repositories/details/views/repository-info.html
index 2aed6cc2341..d0df6a6e236 100644
--- a/engines/bastion_katello/app/assets/javascripts/bastion_katello/products/details/repositories/details/views/repository-info.html
+++ b/engines/bastion_katello/app/assets/javascripts/bastion_katello/products/details/repositories/details/views/repository-info.html
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ <h4 translate>Sync Settings</h4>
       </span>
 
       <span ng-if="repository.content_type == 'deb'">
-        <dt translate>Releases</dt>
+        <dt translate>Releases/Distributions</dt>
         <dd bst-edit-text="repository.deb_releases"
             on-save="save(repository)"
             readonly="denied('edit_products', product)">
diff --git a/engines/bastion_katello/app/assets/javascripts/bastion_katello/products/details/repositories/new/new-repository.controller.js b/engines/bastion_katello/app/assets/javascripts/bastion_katello/products/details/repositories/new/new-repository.controller.js
index a7976b3fc21..97762af1968 100644
--- a/engines/bastion_katello/app/assets/javascripts/bastion_katello/products/details/repositories/new/new-repository.controller.js
+++ b/engines/bastion_katello/app/assets/javascripts/bastion_katello/products/details/repositories/new/new-repository.controller.js
@@ -196,11 +196,13 @@ angular.module('Bastion.repositories').controller('NewRepositoryController',
 
             $scope.debURLPopover = $sce.trustAsHtml("For standard Debian repos, this is the folder that contains the \"dists/\" and the \"pool/\" subfolders.");
 
-            $scope.distPopover = $sce.trustAsHtml("A \"distribution\" provides the path from the repository root to the \"Release\" file <br/>" +
-             "you want to access. Each distribution in the list should use /etc/apt/sources.list<br/>" +
-             "syntax. For most official Debian and Ubuntu repositories, the distribution is equal<br/>" +
-             "to either the codename or the suite. When syncing a repo using flat repository format<br/>" +
-             "specify exactly one distribution, which must end with a \"/\".");
+            $scope.distPopover = $sce.trustAsHtml("A \"distribution\" provides the path from the repository root to the \"Release\" file you want to access. Each<br/>" +
+             "distribution in the list should use /etc/apt/sources.list syntax. For most official Debian and Ubuntu repositories,<br/>" +
+             "the distribution is equal to either the codename or the suite. Upstream repos that do not contain a \"dists/\" <br>" +
+             "folder may be using the deprecated \"flat repository format\".<br>" +
+             "(See: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianRepository/Format#Flat_Repository_Format).<br>" +
+             "When syncing a repo using flat repository format specify exactly one distribution, which must end with a \"/\". When<br>" +
+             "syncing repositories that do not use \"flat repository format\" you must not use a trailing \"/\" for your distributions! <br>");
 
             $scope.componentPopover = $sce.trustAsHtml("Requesting a component that does not exist in the upstream repo, will result in <br/>" +
              "a Pulp warning, but no error. A typo can therefore result in missing content.");