diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/UserSettingsDialog.js b/src/components/views/dialogs/UserSettingsDialog.js
index b135d5f5f6..210773c524 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/UserSettingsDialog.js
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/UserSettingsDialog.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export default class UserSettingsDialog extends React.Component {
         tabs.push(new Tab(
             _td("Security & Privacy"),
             "mx_UserSettingsDialog_securityIcon",
-            <SecurityUserSettingsTab />,
+            <SecurityUserSettingsTab closeSettingsFn={this.props.onFinished} />,
         ));
         if (SdkConfig.get()['showLabsSettings'] || SettingsStore.getLabsFeatures().length > 0) {
             tabs.push(new Tab(
diff --git a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/SecurityUserSettingsTab.js b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/SecurityUserSettingsTab.js
index 2a2bbbdb52..1a74bbdf93 100644
--- a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/SecurityUserSettingsTab.js
+++ b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/SecurityUserSettingsTab.js
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ export class IgnoredUser extends React.Component {
 }
 
 export default class SecurityUserSettingsTab extends React.Component {
+    static propTypes = {
+        closeSettingsFn: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    };
+
     constructor() {
         super();
 
@@ -107,6 +111,11 @@ export default class SecurityUserSettingsTab extends React.Component {
         );
     };
 
+    _onGoToUserProfileClick = () => {
+        // close the settings dialog & let the default action run (ie. navigate to the link)
+        this.props.closeSettingsFn();
+    }
+
     _onUserUnignored = async (userId) => {
         const {ignoredUserIds, waitingUnignored} = this.state;
         const currentlyIgnoredUserIds = ignoredUserIds.filter(e => !waitingUnignored.includes(e));
@@ -312,7 +321,18 @@ export default class SecurityUserSettingsTab extends React.Component {
             <div className="mx_SettingsTab mx_SecurityUserSettingsTab">
                 <div className="mx_SettingsTab_heading">{_t("Security & Privacy")}</div>
                 <div className="mx_SettingsTab_section">
-                    <span className="mx_SettingsTab_subheading">{_t("Sessions")}</span>
+                    <span className="mx_SettingsTab_subheading">{_t("Where you’re logged in")}</span>
+                    <span>
+                        {_t(
+                            "Manage the names of and sign out of your sessions below or " +
+                            "<a>verify them in your User Profile</a>.", {},
+                            {
+                                a: sub => <a href={"#/user/" + MatrixClientPeg.get().getUserId()}
+                                    onClick={this._onGoToUserProfileClick}
+                                >{sub}</a>,
+                            },
+                        )}
+                    </span>
                     <div className='mx_SettingsTab_subsectionText'>
                         {_t("A session's public name is visible to people you communicate with")}
                         <DevicesPanel />
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index bd4c8f58c8..4655ea1f14 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -845,7 +845,8 @@
     "Message search": "Message search",
     "Cross-signing": "Cross-signing",
     "Security & Privacy": "Security & Privacy",
-    "Sessions": "Sessions",
+    "Where you’re logged in": "Where you’re logged in",
+    "Manage the names of and sign out of your sessions below or <a>verify them in your User Profile</a>.": "Manage the names of and sign out of your sessions below or <a>verify them in your User Profile</a>.",
     "A session's public name is visible to people you communicate with": "A session's public name is visible to people you communicate with",
     "Riot collects anonymous analytics to allow us to improve the application.": "Riot collects anonymous analytics to allow us to improve the application.",
     "Privacy is important to us, so we don't collect any personal or identifiable data for our analytics.": "Privacy is important to us, so we don't collect any personal or identifiable data for our analytics.",
@@ -1030,6 +1031,7 @@
     "You will not be able to undo this change as you are promoting the user to have the same power level as yourself.": "You will not be able to undo this change as you are promoting the user to have the same power level as yourself.",
     "Are you sure?": "Are you sure?",
     "No sessions with registered encryption keys": "No sessions with registered encryption keys",
+    "Sessions": "Sessions",
     "Jump to read receipt": "Jump to read receipt",
     "Mention": "Mention",
     "Invite": "Invite",