diff --git a/modules/ppcp-onboarding/resources/js/settings.js b/modules/ppcp-onboarding/resources/js/settings.js
index fb8e2e4e3..41610cb90 100644
--- a/modules/ppcp-onboarding/resources/js/settings.js
+++ b/modules/ppcp-onboarding/resources/js/settings.js
@@ -187,9 +187,13 @@ document.addEventListener(
             const toggleElementsBySelectedLocations = () => {
                 stylingPerElementWrapper.style.display = '';
                 let selectedLocations = getSelectedLocations(locationsSelector);
+                let emptySmartButtonLocationMessage = jQuery('.ppcp-empty-smart-button-location');
 
                 if(selectedLocations.length === 0) {
                     hideElements(groupToHideOnChecked.concat(stylingPerElementWrapperSelector));
+                    if (emptySmartButtonLocationMessage.length === 0) {
+                        jQuery(PayPalCommerceGatewaySettings.empty_smart_button_location_message).insertAfter(jQuery(smartButtonLocationsSelector).find('.description'));
+                    }
                 }
 
                 if (! stylingPerElement.checked) {
@@ -257,6 +261,8 @@ document.addEventListener(
 
             // We need to use jQuery here as the select might be a select2 element, which doesn't use native events.
             jQuery(locationsElement).on('change', function (){
+                let emptySmartButtonLocationMessage = jQuery('.ppcp-empty-smart-button-location');
+                emptySmartButtonLocationMessage?.remove();
                 toggleElementsBySelectedLocations()
                 stylingPerElement.dispatchEvent(new Event('change'))
             });
diff --git a/modules/ppcp-onboarding/src/Assets/OnboardingAssets.php b/modules/ppcp-onboarding/src/Assets/OnboardingAssets.php
index b28c1a254..7d57da2d5 100644
--- a/modules/ppcp-onboarding/src/Assets/OnboardingAssets.php
+++ b/modules/ppcp-onboarding/src/Assets/OnboardingAssets.php
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@ class OnboardingAssets {
 			$this->version,
 			true
 		);
+		wp_localize_script(
+			'ppcp-settings',
+			'PayPalCommerceGatewaySettings',
+			array(
+				'empty_smart_button_location_message' => sprintf(
+					'<p class="description ppcp-empty-smart-button-location">%1$s</p>',
+					__( 'Note: If no button location is selected, the PayPal gateway will not be available.', 'woocommerce-paypal-payments' )
+				),
+			)
+		);
 
 		$url = untrailingslashit( $this->module_url ) . '/assets/js/onboarding.js';
 		wp_register_script(