diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add.component.html b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add.component.html
index 72a233b72..a99988600 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add.component.html
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 <div class="margin-content">
-  <div class="title-page title-page-single">
+  <div class="alert alert-warning" *ngIf="isRootUser()" i18n>
+    We recommend you to not use the <strong>root</strong> user to publish your videos, since it's the super-admin account of your instance.
+    <br />
+    Instead, <a routerLink="/admin/users">create a dedicated account</a> to upload your videos.
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="title-page title-page-single" *ngIf="isInSecondStep()">
     <ng-container *ngIf="secondStepType === 'import-url' || secondStepType === 'import-torrent'" i18n>Import {{ videoName }}</ng-container>
     <ng-container *ngIf="secondStepType === 'upload'" i18n>Upload {{ videoName }}</ng-container>
   </div>
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add.component.scss b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add.component.scss
index da711ec5b..7acab3744 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add.component.scss
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add.component.scss
@@ -5,13 +5,22 @@ $border-width: 3px;
 $border-type: solid;
 $border-color: #EAEAEA;
 
+.margin-content {
+  padding-top: 50px;
+}
+
+.alert {
+  font-size: 15px;
+}
+
 ::ng-deep .root-tabset.video-add-tabset {
+  margin-top: 50px;
+
   &.hide-nav > .nav {
     display: none !important;
   }
 
   & > .nav {
-
     border-bottom: $border-width $border-type $border-color;
     margin: 0 !important;
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add.component.ts b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add.component.ts
index 193de441d..911bc884e 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add.component.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Component, HostListener, ViewChild } from '@angular/core'
 import { CanComponentDeactivate } from '@app/shared/guards/can-deactivate-guard.service'
 import { VideoImportUrlComponent } from '@app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-import-url.component'
 import { VideoUploadComponent } from '@app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-upload.component'
-import { ServerService } from '@app/core'
+import { AuthService, ServerService } from '@app/core'
 import { VideoImportTorrentComponent } from '@app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-import-torrent.component'
 
 @Component({
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export class VideoAddComponent implements CanComponentDeactivate {
   videoName: string
 
   constructor (
+    private auth: AuthService,
     private serverService: ServerService
   ) {}
 
@@ -57,4 +58,12 @@ export class VideoAddComponent implements CanComponentDeactivate {
   isVideoImportTorrentEnabled () {
     return this.serverService.getConfig().import.videos.torrent.enabled
   }
+
+  isInSecondStep () {
+    return !!this.secondStepType
+  }
+
+  isRootUser () {
+    return this.auth.getUser().username === 'root'
+  }
 }