diff --git a/web/react/components/post_list.jsx b/web/react/components/post_list.jsx
index 37e3faef2f..e37de8d882 100644
--- a/web/react/components/post_list.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/post_list.jsx
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                 var ui_name = channel.display_name
                 var members = ChannelStore.getCurrentExtraInfo().members;
                 var creator_name = "";
+                var userStyle = { color: UserStore.getCurrentUser().props.theme }
 
                 for (var i = 0; i < members.length; i++) {
                     if (members[i].roles.indexOf('admin') > -1) {
@@ -382,8 +383,18 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                             </p>
                         </div>
                     );
+                } else if (channel.name === Constants.OFFTOPIC_CHANNEL) {
+                    more_messages = (
+                        <div className="channel-intro">
+                            <h4 className="channel-intro-title">Welcome</h4>
+                            <p>
+                                {"This is the start of " + ui_name + ", a channel for conversations you’d prefer out of more focused channels."}
+                                <br/>
+                                <a className="intro-links" href="#" style={userStyle} data-toggle="modal" data-target="#edit_channel" data-desc={channel.description} data-title={ui_name} data-channelid={channel.id}><i className="fa fa-pencil"></i>Set a description</a>
+                            </p>
+                        </div>
+                    );
                 } else {
-                    var userStyle = { color: UserStore.getCurrentUser().props.theme }
                     var ui_type = channel.type === 'P' ? "private group" : "channel";
                     more_messages = (
                         <div className="channel-intro">
diff --git a/web/react/utils/constants.jsx b/web/react/utils/constants.jsx
index e5f42c8a05..a5124afe26 100644
--- a/web/react/utils/constants.jsx
+++ b/web/react/utils/constants.jsx
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ module.exports = {
   MAX_UPLOAD_FILES: 5,
   MAX_FILE_SIZE: 50000000, // 50 MB
   DEFAULT_CHANNEL: 'town-square',
+  OFFTOPIC_CHANNEL: 'off-topic',
   POST_CHUNK_SIZE: 60,
   RESERVED_DOMAINS: [
     "www",