diff --git a/frontend/pages/hosts/ManageHostsPage/ManageHostsPage.jsx b/frontend/pages/hosts/ManageHostsPage/ManageHostsPage.jsx
index a39ca15e52..6dd2b0af65 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/hosts/ManageHostsPage/ManageHostsPage.jsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/hosts/ManageHostsPage/ManageHostsPage.jsx
@@ -284,10 +284,11 @@ export class ManageHostsPage extends Component {
         onExit={toggleDeleteHostModal(null)}
         className={`${baseClass}__modal`}
       >
-        <p>Are you sure you wish to delete this host?</p>
-        <div>
-          <Button onClick={toggleDeleteHostModal(null)} variant="inverse">Cancel</Button>
+        <p>This action will delete the host from your Kolide instance.</p>
+        <p>If the host comes back online it will automatically re-enroll. To prevent the host from auto re-enrolling please disable or uninstall osquery on the host.</p>
+        <div className={`${baseClass}__modal-buttons`}>
           <Button onClick={onDestroyHost} variant="alert">Delete</Button>
+          <Button onClick={toggleDeleteHostModal(null)} variant="inverse">Cancel</Button>
         </div>
       </Modal>
     );
diff --git a/frontend/pages/hosts/ManageHostsPage/_styles.scss b/frontend/pages/hosts/ManageHostsPage/_styles.scss
index a7fd5b284c..f72ebe8606 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/hosts/ManageHostsPage/_styles.scss
+++ b/frontend/pages/hosts/ManageHostsPage/_styles.scss
@@ -73,6 +73,15 @@
   }
 
   &__modal {
+    p {
+      font-size: 16px;
+    }
+  }
+
+  &__modal-buttons {
+    @include display(flex);
+    @include flex-direction(row-reverse);
+
     .button--alert {
       margin-left: 10px;
     }