diff --git a/messages.json b/messages.json
index b665707..e45b420 100644
--- a/messages.json
+++ b/messages.json
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@
       "useSystemDefault": "(Use system default)",
       "colorTheme": "Color theme:",
       "replicateHops": "Number of hops to replicate:",
+      "highHopCountWarning": "WARNING: Hops counts over 2 will very likely slow this app down to the point it is unusable.  Use at your own risk.",
       "directFollows": "(only people you follow)",
       "autorefresh": "Automatically refresh messages when scrolled to the top",
       "advanced": "ADVANCED",
@@ -420,6 +421,7 @@
       "useSystemDefault": "（システムデフォルトを使用）",
       "colorTheme": "カラーテーマ：",
       "replicateHops": "複製するホップ数：",
+      "highHopCountWarning": "警告：ホップ数が2を超えると、このアプリが使用できなくなるまで遅くなる可能性があります。 自己責任。",
       "directFollows": "（あなたがフォローしている人だけ）",
       "autorefresh": "ページが一番上にスクロールされると、メッセージが自動的に更新されます",
       "advanced": "高度な",
diff --git a/ui/settings.js b/ui/settings.js
index 54b836d..e32aa82 100644
--- a/ui/settings.js
+++ b/ui/settings.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ module.exports = function () {
          <option value="4">4</option>
          <option value="5">5</option>
          </select>
+         <span v-if="hops > 2"><br /><strong>{{ $t('settings.highHopCountWarning') }}</strong></span>
          </p>
 
          <p>