diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
index 7cdf18dcee..d8937f7baf 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ UniValue importprivkey(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     if (request.fHelp || request.params.size() < 1 || request.params.size() > 3)
         throw std::runtime_error(
             "importprivkey \"privkey\" ( \"label\" ) ( rescan )\n"
-            "\nAdds a private key (as returned by dumpprivkey) to your wallet.\n"
+            "\nAdds a private key (as returned by dumpprivkey) to your wallet. Requires a new wallet backup.\n"
             "\nArguments:\n"
             "1. \"privkey\"          (string, required) The private key (see dumpprivkey)\n"
             "2. \"label\"            (string, optional, default=\"\") An optional label\n"
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ UniValue importaddress(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     if (request.fHelp || request.params.size() < 1 || request.params.size() > 4)
         throw std::runtime_error(
             "importaddress \"address\" ( \"label\" rescan p2sh )\n"
-            "\nAdds a script (in hex) or address that can be watched as if it were in your wallet but cannot be used to spend.\n"
+            "\nAdds a script (in hex) or address that can be watched as if it were in your wallet but cannot be used to spend. Requires a new wallet backup.\n"
             "\nArguments:\n"
             "1. \"script\"           (string, required) The hex-encoded script (or address)\n"
             "2. \"label\"            (string, optional, default=\"\") An optional label\n"
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ UniValue importpubkey(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     if (request.fHelp || request.params.size() < 1 || request.params.size() > 4)
         throw std::runtime_error(
             "importpubkey \"pubkey\" ( \"label\" rescan )\n"
-            "\nAdds a public key (in hex) that can be watched as if it were in your wallet but cannot be used to spend.\n"
+            "\nAdds a public key (in hex) that can be watched as if it were in your wallet but cannot be used to spend. Requires a new wallet backup.\n"
             "\nArguments:\n"
             "1. \"pubkey\"           (string, required) The hex-encoded public key\n"
             "2. \"label\"            (string, optional, default=\"\") An optional label\n"
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ UniValue importwallet(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     if (request.fHelp || request.params.size() != 1)
         throw std::runtime_error(
             "importwallet \"filename\"\n"
-            "\nImports keys from a wallet dump file (see dumpwallet).\n"
+            "\nImports keys from a wallet dump file (see dumpwallet). Requires a new wallet backup to include imported keys.\n"
             "\nArguments:\n"
             "1. \"filename\"    (string, required) The wallet file\n"
             "\nExamples:\n"
@@ -775,6 +775,9 @@ UniValue dumpwallet(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         throw std::runtime_error(
             "dumpwallet \"filename\"\n"
             "\nDumps all wallet keys in a human-readable format to a server-side file. This does not allow overwriting existing files.\n"
+            "Imported scripts are not currently included in wallet dumps, these must be backed up separately.\n"
+            "Note that if your wallet contains keys which are not derived from your HD seed (e.g. imported keys), these are not covered by\n"
+            "only backing up the seed itself, and must be backed up too (e.g. ensure you back up the whole dumpfile).\n"
             "\nArguments:\n"
             "1. \"filename\"    (string, required) The filename\n"
             "\nExamples:\n"
@@ -1247,7 +1250,7 @@ UniValue importmulti(const JSONRPCRequest& mainRequest)
     if (mainRequest.fHelp || mainRequest.params.size() < 1 || mainRequest.params.size() > 2)
         throw std::runtime_error(
             "importmulti \"requests\" ( \"options\" )\n\n"
-            "Import addresses/scripts (with private or public keys, redeem script (P2SH)), rescanning all addresses in one-shot-only (rescan can be disabled via options).\n\n"
+            "Import addresses/scripts (with private or public keys, redeem script (P2SH)), rescanning all addresses in one-shot-only (rescan can be disabled via options). Requires a new wallet backup.\n\n"
             "Arguments:\n"
             "1. requests     (array, required) Data to be imported\n"
             "  [     (array of json objects)\n"
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index fda5c376a1..9c6ba8ea45 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ UniValue addmultisigaddress(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     if (request.fHelp || request.params.size() < 2 || request.params.size() > 3)
     {
         std::string msg = "addmultisigaddress nrequired [\"key\",...] ( \"account\" )\n"
-            "\nAdd a nrequired-to-sign multisignature address to the wallet.\n"
+            "\nAdd a nrequired-to-sign multisignature address to the wallet. Requires a new wallet backup.\n"
             "Each key is a Dash address or hex-encoded public key.\n"
             "If 'account' is specified (DEPRECATED), assign address to that account.\n"