diff --git a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/modals/ConfirmTransactionEdit.tsx b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/modals/ConfirmTransactionEdit.tsx
index 15cd79a2313..daacc77931a 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/modals/ConfirmTransactionEdit.tsx
+++ b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/modals/ConfirmTransactionEdit.tsx
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ export function ConfirmTransactionEdit({
               Saving your changes to this reconciled transaction may bring your
               reconciliation out of balance.
             </Block>
+          ) : confirmReason === 'unlockReconciled' ? (
+            <Block>
+              Unlocking this transaction means you won‘t be warned about changes
+              that can impact your reconciled balance. (Changes to amount,
+              account, payee, etc).
+            </Block>
           ) : confirmReason === 'deleteReconciled' ? (
             <Block>
               Deleting this reconciled transaction may bring your reconciliation
diff --git a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/transactions/TransactionsTable.jsx b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/transactions/TransactionsTable.jsx
index ae3500135fc..69e53337c4c 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-client/src/components/transactions/TransactionsTable.jsx
+++ b/packages/desktop-client/src/components/transactions/TransactionsTable.jsx
@@ -776,7 +776,12 @@ const Transaction = memo(function Transaction(props) {
 
     // Allow un-reconciling (unlocking) transactions
     if (name === 'cleared' && transaction.reconciled) {
-      onUpdateAfterConfirm('reconciled', false);
+      props.pushModal('confirm-transaction-edit', {
+        onConfirm: () => {
+          onUpdateAfterConfirm('reconciled', false);
+        },
+        confirmReason: 'unlockReconciled',
+      });
     }
   }