diff --git a/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb b/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
index 14cd4aa..6a1a4cc 100644
--- a/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ module RepositoriesHelper
                        :size => 60, :required => true,
                        :disabled => (repository && !repository.root_url.blank?)
                          ) +
-                      '<br />' + l(:text_git_repository_note)) +
+                      '<br />' + 
+                      'Repository is bare and local (e.g. /gitrepo, c:\gitrepo)') +
     content_tag('p', form.select(
                         :path_encoding, [nil] + Setting::ENCODINGS,
                         :label => l(:field_scm_path_encoding)