diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/nestedcontent/nestedcontent.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/nestedcontent/nestedcontent.controller.js
index a78abf2466..a377851c45 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/nestedcontent/nestedcontent.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/nestedcontent/nestedcontent.controller.js
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ angular.module("umbraco").controller("Umbraco.PropertyEditors.NestedContent.Prop
         $scope.singleMode = $scope.minItems === 1 && $scope.maxItems === 1;
         $scope.showIcons = Object.toBoolean($scope.model.config.showIcons);
         $scope.wideMode = Object.toBoolean($scope.model.config.hideLabel);
+        $scope.hasContentTypes = $scope.model.config.contentTypes.length > 0;
 
         $scope.labels = {};
         localizationService.localizeMany(["grid_insertControl"]).then(function(data) {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/nestedcontent/nestedcontent.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/nestedcontent/nestedcontent.html
index 610da769cf..1f6b986c64 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/nestedcontent/nestedcontent.html
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/nestedcontent/nestedcontent.html
@@ -32,7 +32,13 @@
 
         </div>
 
-        <div class="umb-nested-content__footer-bar" ng-hide="nodes.length >= maxItems">
+        <div ng-hide="hasContentTypes">
+            <div class="umb-nested-content__help-text">
+                <localize key="content_nestedContentNoContentTypes"></localize>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="umb-nested-content__footer-bar" ng-hide="hasContentTypes === false || nodes.length >= maxItems">
             <a href class="umb-nested-content__add-content" ng-class="{ '--disabled': !scaffolds.length }" ng-click="openNodeTypePicker($event)" prevent-default>
                 <localize key="grid_addElement"></localize>
             </a>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/da.xml b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/da.xml
index 7cc7c7823a..0f346628ac 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/da.xml
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/da.xml
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@
     <key alias="scheduledPublishDocumentation"><![CDATA[<a href="https://our.umbraco.com/documentation/Getting-Started/Data/Scheduled-Publishing/#timezones" target="_blank">Hvad betyder det?</a>]]></key>
     <key alias="nestedContentDeleteItem">Er du sikker på, at du vil slette dette element?</key>
     <key alias="nestedContentEditorNotSupported">Egenskaben %0% anvender editoren %1% som ikke er understøttet af Nested Content.</key>
+    <key alias="nestedContentNoContentTypes">Der er ikke konfigureret nogen indholdstyper for denne egenskab.</key>
     <key alias="addTextBox">Tilføj en ny tekstboks</key>
     <key alias="removeTextBox">Fjern denne tekstboks</key>
     <key alias="contentRoot">Indholdsrod</key>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/en.xml b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/en.xml
index 78fe096bd1..e112a41f6a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/en.xml
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/en.xml
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@
     <key alias="scheduledPublishDocumentation"><![CDATA[<a href="https://our.umbraco.com/documentation/Getting-Started/Data/Scheduled-Publishing/#timezones" target="_blank">What does this mean?</a>]]></key>
     <key alias="nestedContentDeleteItem">Are you sure you want to delete this item?</key>
     <key alias="nestedContentEditorNotSupported">Property %0% uses editor %1% which is not supported by Nested Content.</key>
+    <key alias="nestedContentNoContentTypes">No content types are configured for this property.</key>
     <key alias="addTextBox">Add another text box</key>
     <key alias="removeTextBox">Remove this text box</key>
     <key alias="contentRoot">Content root</key>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml
index 4e13407a4c..74b32fbe1d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml
@@ -273,7 +273,10 @@
     <key alias="childItems" version="7.0">Child items</key>
     <key alias="target" version="7.0">Target</key>
     <key alias="scheduledPublishServerTime">This translates to the following time on the server:</key>
-    <key alias="scheduledPublishDocumentation"><![CDATA[<a href="https://our.umbraco.com/documentation/Getting-Started/Data/Scheduled-Publishing/#timezones" target="_blank">What does this mean?</a>]]></key><key alias="nestedContentDeleteItem">Are you sure you want to delete this item?</key><key alias="nestedContentEditorNotSupported">Property %0% uses editor %1% which is not supported by Nested Content.</key>
+    <key alias="scheduledPublishDocumentation"><![CDATA[<a href="https://our.umbraco.com/documentation/Getting-Started/Data/Scheduled-Publishing/#timezones" target="_blank">What does this mean?</a>]]></key>
+    <key alias="nestedContentDeleteItem">Are you sure you want to delete this item?</key>
+    <key alias="nestedContentEditorNotSupported">Property %0% uses editor %1% which is not supported by Nested Content.</key>
+    <key alias="nestedContentNoContentTypes">No content types are configured for this property.</key>
     <key alias="addTextBox">Add another text box</key>
     <key alias="removeTextBox">Remove this text box</key>
     <key alias="contentRoot">Content root</key>