diff --git a/common/djangoapps/status/migrations/0003_help_text_note_html.py b/common/djangoapps/status/migrations/0003_help_text_note_html.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bddb37594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/djangoapps/status/migrations/0003_help_text_note_html.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.18 on 2023-05-10 01:28
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('status', '0002_update_help_text'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='globalstatusmessage',
+            name='message',
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, help_text='<p>The contents of this field will be displayed as HTML in a warning banner on all views.</p><p>To override the banner message for a specific course, refer to the Course Message configuration. Course Messages will only work if the global status message is enabled, so if you only want to add a banner to specific courses without adding a global status message, you should add a global status message with <strong>empty</strong> message text.</p><p>Finally, disable the global status message by adding another empty message with "enabled" unchecked.</p>', null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/status/models.py b/common/djangoapps/status/models.py
index 9502bdde6a..2d37faedb8 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/status/models.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/status/models.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class GlobalStatusMessage(ConfigurationModel):
     message = models.TextField(
         blank=True,
         null=True,
-        help_text='<p>The contents of this field will be displayed as a warning banner on all views.</p>'
+        help_text='<p>The contents of this field will be displayed as HTML in a warning banner on all views.</p>'
                   '<p>To override the banner message for a specific course, refer to the Course Message configuration. '  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=line-too-long
                   'Course Messages will only work if the global status message is enabled, so if you only want to add '
                   'a banner to specific courses without adding a global status message, you should add a global status '  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=line-too-long