diff --git a/app/views/new_password/set.php b/app/views/new_password/set.php
index 7fa28cad08850012db07e215f6dcf42ed012651b..2938107864d5d0435c4148355b2036f5808b14e1 100644
--- a/app/views/new_password/set.php
+++ b/app/views/new_password/set.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <form class="default" action="<?= $controller->url_for('new_password/set/' . $token_id) ?>" method="post">
     <?= CSRFProtection::tokenTag() ?>
+    <?= MessageBox::info(_('Das Passwort sollte mindestens 8 Zeichen lang sein.')) ?>
     <fieldset>
         <legend>
             <?= _('Neues Passwort setzen') ?>
diff --git a/app/views/settings/password.php b/app/views/settings/password.php
index ab423f78d060906937a1fd5d38571ec7c59c61b8..70846fb6b0992eaadf629bc9a5d2aa919d644f3f 100644
--- a/app/views/settings/password.php
+++ b/app/views/settings/password.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <? use Studip\Button; ?>
-
+<?= MessageBox::info(_('Das Passwort sollte mindestens 8 Zeichen lang sein.')) ?>
 <form id="edit_password" method="post" action="<?= $controller->url_for('settings/password/store') ?>" class="default">
     <?= CSRFProtection::tokenTag() ?>
     <input type="hidden" name="studip_ticket" value="<?= get_ticket() ?>">