diff --git a/admin/javascript/LeftAndMain.BatchActions.js b/admin/javascript/LeftAndMain.BatchActions.js
index ef58e4811..abd9ddf14 100644
--- a/admin/javascript/LeftAndMain.BatchActions.js
+++ b/admin/javascript/LeftAndMain.BatchActions.js
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 						ss.i18n.inject(
 							ss.i18n._t(
 								"CMSMAIN.BATCH_ARCHIVE_PROMPT",
-								"You have {num} page(s) selected.\n\nDo you really want to archive?\n\nThese pages will be removed from both the draft and published sites without discarding the history."
+								"You have {num} page(s) selected.\n\nAre you sure you want to archive these pages?\n\nThese pages and all of their children pages will be unpublished and sent to the archive."
 							),
 							{'num': ids.length}
 						)
diff --git a/admin/javascript/lang/en.js b/admin/javascript/lang/en.js
index 24d6c8740..f08085f7c 100644
--- a/admin/javascript/lang/en.js
+++ b/admin/javascript/lang/en.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if(typeof(ss) == 'undefined' || typeof(ss.i18n) == 'undefined') {
 	"CMSMAIN.BATCH_UNPUBLISH_PROMPT": "You have {num} page(s) selected.\n\nDo you really want to unpublish",
 	"CMSMAIN.BATCH_PUBLISH_PROMPT": "You have {num} page(s) selected.\n\nDo you really want to publish?",
 	"CMSMAIN.BATCH_DELETE_PROMPT": "You have {num} page(s) selected.\n\nDo you really want to delete?",
-	"CMSMAIN.BATCH_ARCHIVE_PROMPT": "You have {num} page(s) selected.\n\nDo you really want to archive?\n\nThese pages will be removed from both the draft and published sites without discarding the history.",
+	"CMSMAIN.BATCH_ARCHIVE_PROMPT": "You have {num} page(s) selected.\n\nAre you sure you want to archive these pages?\n\nThese pages and all of their children pages will be unpublished and sent to the archive.",
 	"CMSMAIN.BATCH_DELETELIVE_PROMPT": "You have {num} page(s) selected.\n\nDo you really want to delete these pages from live?",
 	"LeftAndMain.CONFIRMUNSAVED": "Are you sure you want to navigate away from this page?\n\nWARNING: Your changes have not been saved.\n\nPress OK to continue, or Cancel to stay on the current page.",
 	"LeftAndMain.CONFIRMUNSAVEDSHORT": "WARNING: Your changes have not been saved.",
diff --git a/admin/javascript/lang/src/en.js b/admin/javascript/lang/src/en.js
index 498862f57..07c969442 100644
--- a/admin/javascript/lang/src/en.js
+++ b/admin/javascript/lang/src/en.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	"CMSMAIN.BATCH_UNPUBLISH_PROMPT": "You have {num} page(s) selected.\n\nDo you really want to unpublish",
 	"CMSMAIN.BATCH_PUBLISH_PROMPT": "You have {num} page(s) selected.\n\nDo you really want to publish?",
 	"CMSMAIN.BATCH_DELETE_PROMPT": "You have {num} page(s) selected.\n\nDo you really want to delete?",
-	"CMSMAIN.BATCH_ARCHIVE_PROMPT": "You have {num} page(s) selected.\n\nDo you really want to archive?\n\nThese pages will be removed from both the draft and published sites without discarding the history.",
+	"CMSMAIN.BATCH_ARCHIVE_PROMPT": "You have {num} page(s) selected.\n\nAre you sure you want to archive these pages?\n\nThese pages and all of their children pages will be unpublished and sent to the archive.",
 	"CMSMAIN.BATCH_DELETELIVE_PROMPT": "You have {num} page(s) selected.\n\nDo you really want to delete these pages from live?",
 	"LeftAndMain.CONFIRMUNSAVED": "Are you sure you want to navigate away from this page?\n\nWARNING: Your changes have not been saved.\n\nPress OK to continue, or Cancel to stay on the current page.",
 	"LeftAndMain.CONFIRMUNSAVEDSHORT": "WARNING: Your changes have not been saved.",