diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/modal-confirm-email-send.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/modal-confirm-email-send.js
index 3695ae69d9..717431121d 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/modal-confirm-email-send.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/modal-confirm-email-send.js
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import ModalComponent from 'ghost-admin/components/modal-base';
+import {inject as service} from '@ember/service';
 import {task} from 'ember-concurrency';
 
 export default ModalComponent.extend({
+    session: service(),
+
     errorMessage: null,
 
     // Allowed actions
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/templates/components/gh-post-settings-menu/email.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/templates/components/gh-post-settings-menu/email.hbs
index b36e582b08..aedbee60c0 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/templates/components/gh-post-settings-menu/email.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/templates/components/gh-post-settings-menu/email.hbs
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@
             </div>
             <div class="pa5 pt3 pb3 f7 bb b--whitegrey">
                 <p class="mb2 lh-copy">
-                    Email failed to send when publishing this post. Please <LinkTo @route="settings.labs">check your Mailgun configuration</LinkTo> if the error persists.
+                    {{#if this.session.user.isOwner}}
+                        Email failed to send when publishing this post. Please <LinkTo @route="settings.labs">check your Mailgun configuration</LinkTo> if the error persists.
+                    {{else}}
+                        Email failed to send when publishing this post. Please check your Mailgun configuration if the error persists.
+                    {{/if}}
                 </p>
                 <p class="ma0 pa0">
                     <table class="ma0" style="table-layout: fixed">
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/templates/components/modal-confirm-email-send.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/templates/components/modal-confirm-email-send.hbs
index e98e72df89..59d95b895c 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/templates/components/modal-confirm-email-send.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/templates/components/modal-confirm-email-send.hbs
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@
     <button class="close" title="Close" {{on "click" this.closeModal}}>{{svg-jar "close"}}<span class="hidden">Close</span></button>
 
     <div class="modal-body">
-        <p>Your post has been published but the email failed to send. Please <LinkTo @route="settings.labs">check your Mailgun configuration</LinkTo> if the error persists.</p>
+        {{#if this.session.user.isOwner}}
+            <p>Your post has been published but the email failed to send. Please <LinkTo @route="settings.labs">check your Mailgun configuration</LinkTo> if the error persists.</p>
+        {{else}}
+            <p>Your post has been published but the email failed to send. Please check your Mailgun configuration if the error persists.</p>
+        {{/if}}
         <p class="mb0">
             <button type="button" class="gh-btn gh-btn-text regular" {{action (toggle "errorDetailsOpen" this)}}
                 data-test-toggle-error>