diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/User/UserPagesController.js b/services/web/app/src/Features/User/UserPagesController.js
index 873110c0dc..922eb99cb3 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/User/UserPagesController.js
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/User/UserPagesController.js
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ async function settingsPage(req, res) {
   if (ssoErrorMessage) {
     delete req.session.ssoErrorMessage
   }
+  const projectSyncSuccessMessage = req.session.projectSyncSuccessMessage
+  if (projectSyncSuccessMessage) {
+    delete req.session.projectSyncSuccessMessage
+  }
   // Institution SSO
   let institutionLinked = _.get(req.session, ['saml', 'linked'])
   if (institutionLinked) {
@@ -103,6 +107,7 @@ async function settingsPage(req, res) {
       samlBeta: req.session.samlBeta,
       ssoErrorMessage,
       thirdPartyIds: UserPagesController._restructureThirdPartyIds(user),
+      projectSyncSuccessMessage,
     })
   } else {
     res.render('user/settings', {
diff --git a/services/web/app/views/user/settings-react.pug b/services/web/app/views/user/settings-react.pug
index e5db2fae3c..dd5617b100 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/user/settings-react.pug
+++ b/services/web/app/views/user/settings-react.pug
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ block append meta
 	meta(name="ol-user" data-type="json" content=user)
 	meta(name="ol-dropbox" data-type="json" content=dropbox)
 	meta(name="ol-github" data-type="json" content=github)
+	meta(name="ol-projectSyncSuccessMessage", content=projectSyncSuccessMessage)
 
 
 block content
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/form-helpers/hydrate-form.js b/services/web/frontend/js/features/form-helpers/hydrate-form.js
index 65ea016ad0..dc0a17e522 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/form-helpers/hydrate-form.js
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/form-helpers/hydrate-form.js
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ function formSubmitHelper(formEl) {
         type: 'error',
         key: error.data?.message?.key,
         text,
+        hints: error.data?.message?.hints,
       })
 
       // Let the user re-submit the form.
@@ -145,6 +146,15 @@ function showMessages(formEl, messageBag) {
       'role',
       message.type === 'error' ? 'alert' : 'status'
     )
+    if (message.hints && message.hints.length) {
+      const listEl = document.createElement('ul')
+      message.hints.forEach(hint => {
+        const listItemEl = document.createElement('li')
+        listItemEl.textContent = hint
+        listEl.append(listItemEl)
+      })
+      messageEl.append(listEl)
+    }
     messagesEl.append(messageEl)
   })
 }
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/settings/components/linking-section.tsx b/services/web/frontend/js/features/settings/components/linking-section.tsx
index 7a6073c7eb..435b30d766 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/settings/components/linking-section.tsx
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/settings/components/linking-section.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ function LinkingSection() {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   const { subscriptions } = useSSOContext()
   const ssoErrorMessage = getMeta('ol-ssoErrorMessage') as string
+  const projectSyncSuccessMessage = getMeta(
+    'ol-projectSyncSuccessMessage'
+  ) as string
   const [integrationLinkingWidgets] = useState(
     () =>
       getMeta('integrationLinkingWidgets') ||
@@ -42,6 +45,9 @@ function LinkingSection() {
           <h3 id="project-sync" className="text-capitalize">
             {t('sync_dropbox_github')}
           </h3>
+          {projectSyncSuccessMessage ? (
+            <Alert bsStyle="success">{projectSyncSuccessMessage}</Alert>
+          ) : null}
           <div className="settings-widgets-container">
             {integrationLinkingWidgets.map(
               ({ import: importObject, path }, widgetIndex) => (
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/stories/settings/linking.stories.js b/services/web/frontend/stories/settings/linking.stories.js
index 391295c0d1..8de85654d9 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/stories/settings/linking.stories.js
+++ b/services/web/frontend/stories/settings/linking.stories.js
@@ -63,6 +63,24 @@ export const SectionSSOErrors = args => {
   )
 }
 
+export const SectionProjetSyncSuccess = args => {
+  useFetchMock(defaultSetupMocks)
+  setDefaultMeta()
+  window.metaAttributesCache.set('ol-github', { enabled: true })
+  window.metaAttributesCache.set(
+    'ol-projectSyncSuccessMessage',
+    'Thanks, we’ve successfully linked your GitHub account to Overleaf. You can now export your Overleaf projects to GitHub, or import projects from your GitHub repositories.'
+  )
+
+  return (
+    <UserProvider>
+      <SSOProvider>
+        <LinkingSection {...args} />
+      </SSOProvider>
+    </UserProvider>
+  )
+}
+
 export default {
   title: 'Account Settings / Linking',
   component: LinkingSection,
diff --git a/services/web/locales/en.json b/services/web/locales/en.json
index 437f50763d..867632030d 100644
--- a/services/web/locales/en.json
+++ b/services/web/locales/en.json
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
   "template_gallery": "Template Gallery",
   "template_not_found_description": "This way of creating projects from templates has been removed. Please visit our template gallery to find more templates.",
   "integrations": "Integrations",
+  "dropbox_successfully_linked_description": "Thanks, we’ve successfully linked your Dropbox account to __appName__.",
   "dropbox_checking_sync_status": "Checking Dropbox for updates",
   "dropbox_sync_in": "Receiving updates from Dropbox",
   "dropbox_sync_out": "Sending updates to Dropbox",
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/src/User/UserPagesControllerTests.js b/services/web/test/unit/src/User/UserPagesControllerTests.js
index 2d961488d2..41afcbde3e 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/src/User/UserPagesControllerTests.js
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/src/User/UserPagesControllerTests.js
@@ -311,6 +311,19 @@ describe('UserPagesController', function () {
       return this.UserPagesController.settingsPage(this.req, this.res)
     })
 
+    it("should set and clear 'projectSyncSuccessMessage'", function (done) {
+      this.SplitTestHandler.promises.getAssignment = sinon
+        .stub()
+        .resolves({ variant: 'react' })
+      this.req.session.projectSyncSuccessMessage = 'Some Sync Success'
+      this.res.render = (page, opts) => {
+        opts.projectSyncSuccessMessage.should.equal('Some Sync Success')
+        expect(this.req.session.projectSyncSuccessMessage).to.not.exist
+        return done()
+      }
+      return this.UserPagesController.settingsPage(this.req, this.res)
+    })
+
     describe('when ldap.updateUserDetailsOnLogin is true', function () {
       beforeEach(function () {
         return (this.settings.ldap = { updateUserDetailsOnLogin: true })