diff --git a/src/account-settings/delete-account/messages.js b/src/account-settings/delete-account/messages.js
index 4d46574..2967110 100644
--- a/src/account-settings/delete-account/messages.js
+++ b/src/account-settings/delete-account/messages.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
   'account.settings.delete.account.text.2.edX': {
     id: 'account.settings.delete.account.text.2.edX',
     defaultMessage: 'Once your account is deleted, you cannot use it to take courses on the edX app, edx.org, or any other site hosted by edX. This includes access to edx.org from your employer’s or university’s system and access to private sites offered by MIT Open Learning, Wharton Executive Education, and Harvard Medical School.',
-    description: 'A message in the user account deletion area',
+    description: 'A message in the user account deletion area. This message will NOT be used on Open edX installations. Please do not translate \'MIT Open Learning\', \'Wharton Executive Education\', or \'Harvard Medical School\'',
   },
   'account.settings.delete.account.text.3.link': {
     id: 'account.settings.delete.account.text.3.link',
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
   'account.settings.delete.account.modal.text.2.edX': {
     id: 'account.settings.delete.account.modal.text.2.edX',
     defaultMessage: 'If you proceed, you will be unable to use this account to take courses on the edX app, edx.org, or any other site hosted by edX. This includes access to edx.org from your employer\'s or university\'s system and access to private sites offered by MIT Open Learning, Wharton Executive Education, and Harvard Medical School.',
-    description: 'Messaging in the dialog asking user to confirm that they want to delete their entire account',
+    description: 'Messaging in the dialog asking user to confirm that they want to delete their entire account. This message will NOT be used on Open edX installations. Please do not translate \'MIT Open Learning\', \'Wharton Executive Education\', or \'Harvard Medical School\'',
   },
   'account.settings.delete.account.modal.enter.password': {
     id: 'account.settings.delete.account.modal.enter.password',