diff --git a/app/views/site/edit.rhtml b/app/views/site/edit.rhtml
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--- a/app/views/site/edit.rhtml
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@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+<p>This editor isn't working yet - currently you can only browse the aerial photos.
+See <a href="http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/402">Trac #402</a> for more details.
+You may also want to look at <a href="http://josm.eigenheimstrasse.de/">JOSM</a> for a
+fully functional desktop client editor for Open Street Map.</p>
+
 <div id="mapcontent">You need a Flash player to use Potlatch, the
     OpenStreetMap Flash editor. You can <a href="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">download Flash Player from Adobe.com</a>.
 
-    <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Editing">Several other options</a> are also available 
+    <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Editing">Several other options</a> are also available
     for editing OpenStreetMap.</div>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="/javascripts/swfobject.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript">