diff --git a/app/templates/auth/register.html b/app/templates/auth/register.html
index 49673e1e..542f2567 100644
--- a/app/templates/auth/register.html
+++ b/app/templates/auth/register.html
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
                             <div class="card-title text-center">{{ _('Create new account') }}</div>
                             {{ render_form(form) }}
                         {% else %}
-                            {{ _('Registration is closed. Only admins can create accounts.') }}
+                            <p>{{ _('Registration is closed. Only admins can create accounts.') }}</p>
+                            <p>{{ _('If you would like to sign up for PieFed, choose one of the other instances in our network:') }}</p>
+                            <p class="text-center"><a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://join.piefed.social/try/" title="{{ _('List of open PieFed instances') }}">{{ _('Try PieFed') }}</a></p>
                         {% endif %}
                     </div>
                 </div>