diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/wizard/WCHaveSeed.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/wizard/WCHaveSeed.qml
index 95ce6cd6f53..63199db6331 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/components/wizard/WCHaveSeed.qml
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/wizard/WCHaveSeed.qml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ WizardComponent {
 
     property string _seedType
     property string _validationMessage
+    property string _warning
     property bool _canPassphrase
     property bool _seedValid
 
@@ -72,11 +73,18 @@ WizardComponent {
         var verifyResult = wiz.verifySeed(seedtext.text, seed_variant_cb.currentValue, wizard_data['wallet_type'])
 
         _validationMessage = verifyResult.message
+        _warning = verifyResult.warning
         _seedType = verifyResult.type
         _canPassphrase = verifyResult.can_passphrase
 
         if (!cosigner || !verifyResult.valid) {
             _seedValid = verifyResult.valid
+            if (_warning) {
+                infotext.text = _warning
+                infotext.visible = true
+            } else {
+                setSeedTypeHelpText()
+            }
         } else {
             // bip39 validate after derivation path is known
             if (seed_variant_cb.currentValue == 'electrum') {
@@ -190,6 +198,7 @@ WizardComponent {
                 Layout.fillWidth: true
                 Layout.columnSpan: 2
                 Layout.topMargin: constants.paddingLarge
+                iconStyle: root._warning === infotext.text ? InfoTextArea.IconStyle.Warn : InfoTextArea.IconStyle.Info
                 compact: true
                 backgroundColor: constants.darkerDialogBackground
             }
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/qewizard.py b/electrum/gui/qml/qewizard.py
index 3bd3f33ece6..558b7513efe 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/qewizard.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/qewizard.py
@@ -116,11 +116,12 @@ def isMatchingSeed(self, seed, seed_again):
 
     @pyqtSlot(str, str, str, result='QVariantMap')
     def verifySeed(self, seed, seed_variant, wallet_type='standard'):
-        seed_valid, seed_type, validation_message, can_passphrase = self.validate_seed(seed, seed_variant, wallet_type)
+        seed_valid, seed_type, validation_message, warning, can_passphrase = self.validate_seed(seed, seed_variant, wallet_type)
         return {
             'valid': seed_valid,
             'type': seed_type,
             'message': validation_message,
+            'warning': warning,
             'can_passphrase': can_passphrase
         }
 
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qt/wizard/wallet.py b/electrum/gui/qt/wizard/wallet.py
index 8c1ca11a7f0..6990ad06a57 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qt/wizard/wallet.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qt/wizard/wallet.py
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ def validate(self):
         seed = self.seed_widget.get_seed()
         seed_variant = self.seed_widget.seed_type
         wallet_type = self.wizard_data['wallet_type']
-        seed_valid, seed_type, validation_message, self.can_passphrase = self.wizard.validate_seed(seed, seed_variant, wallet_type)
+        seed_valid, seed_type, validation_message, warning, self.can_passphrase = self.wizard.validate_seed(seed, seed_variant, wallet_type)
 
         is_cosigner = self.wizard_data['wallet_type'] == 'multisig' and 'multisig_current_cosigner' in self.wizard_data
 
diff --git a/electrum/wizard.py b/electrum/wizard.py
index 6b2e7b65d2c..328defef329 100644
--- a/electrum/wizard.py
+++ b/electrum/wizard.py
@@ -312,10 +312,23 @@ def on_hardware_device(self, wizard_data: dict, new_wallet=True) -> str:
         run_hook('init_wallet_wizard', self)  # TODO: currently only used for hww, hook name might be confusing
         return plugin.wizard_entry_for_device(_info, new_wallet=new_wallet)
 
-    def validate_seed(self, seed: str, seed_variant: str, wallet_type: str) -> Tuple[bool, str, str, bool]:
+    def _warning_wrong_electrum_seed_type(self, seed_type: str) -> str:
+        if not seed_type:
+            return ''
+        wiztype_fullname = _('Wallet with two-factor authentication') if is_any_2fa_seed_type(seed_type) \
+            else _("Standard wallet")
+        msg = ' '.join([
+            _("Looks like you have entered a valid seed of type '{}' but this dialog does not support such seeds.").format(
+                seed_type),
+            _("If unsure, try restoring as '{}'.").format(wiztype_fullname),
+        ])
+        return msg
+
+    def validate_seed(self, seed: str, seed_variant: str, wallet_type: str) -> Tuple[bool, str, str, str, bool]:
         seed_type = ''
         seed_valid = False
         validation_message = ''
+        warning = ''
         can_passphrase = True
 
         if seed_variant == 'electrum':
@@ -345,14 +358,17 @@ def validate_seed(self, seed: str, seed_variant: str, wallet_type: str) -> Tuple
         # check if seed matches wallet type
         if wallet_type == '2fa' and not is_any_2fa_seed_type(seed_type):
             seed_valid = False
+            warning = self._warning_wrong_electrum_seed_type(seed_type)
         elif wallet_type == 'standard' and seed_type not in ['old', 'standard', 'segwit', 'bip39', 'slip39']:
             seed_valid = False
+            if seed_variant == 'electrum':
+                warning = self._warning_wrong_electrum_seed_type(seed_type)
         elif wallet_type == 'multisig' and seed_type not in ['standard', 'segwit', 'bip39', 'slip39']:
             seed_valid = False
 
         self._logger.debug(f'seed verified: {seed_valid}, type={seed_type!r}, validation_message={validation_message}')
 
-        return seed_valid, seed_type, validation_message, can_passphrase
+        return seed_valid, seed_type, validation_message, warning, can_passphrase
 
     def keystore_from_data(self, wallet_type: str, data: dict):
         if data['keystore_type'] in ['createseed', 'haveseed'] and 'seed' in data: