diff --git a/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-move/item-move.component.html b/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-move/item-move.component.html
index 589aac655f..c1a4a5b9a9 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-move/item-move.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/item-move/item-move.component.html
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@
                 <div class="col-12">
                     <p>
                       <label for="inheritPoliciesCheckbox">
-                        <input type="checkbox" name="tc" [(ngModel)]="inheritPolicies" id="inheritPoliciesCheckbox">
+                        <ng-template #tooltipContent>
+                          {{ 'item.edit.move.inheritpolicies.tooltip' | translate }}
+                        </ng-template>
+                        <input type="checkbox" name="tc" [(ngModel)]="inheritPolicies" id="inheritPoliciesCheckbox" [ngbTooltip]="tooltipContent"
+                        >
                         {{'item.edit.move.inheritpolicies.checkbox' |translate}}
                       </label>
                     </p>
diff --git a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5 b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
index ecbc43a660..44c42f3cd5 100644
--- a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
+++ b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
@@ -2166,6 +2166,8 @@
 
   "item.edit.move.inheritpolicies.description": "Inherit the default policies of the destination collection",
 
+  "item.edit.move.inheritpolicies.tooltip": "Warning: When enabled, the read access policy for the item and any files associated with the item will be replaced by the default read access policy of the collection. This cannot be undone.",
+
   "item.edit.move.move": "Move",
 
   "item.edit.move.processing": "Moving...",