diff --git a/app/activitypub/util.py b/app/activitypub/util.py
index 49ef1332..782705cd 100644
--- a/app/activitypub/util.py
+++ b/app/activitypub/util.py
@@ -2349,7 +2349,7 @@ def resolve_remote_post(uri: str, community_id: int, announce_actor=None) -> Uni
     if post_request.status_code == 200:
         post_data = post_request.json()
         post_request.close()
-        # check again that it doesn't already exist (can happen with different but equivilent URLs)
+        # check again that it doesn't already exist (can happen with different but equivalent URLs)
         post = Post.query.filter_by(ap_id=post_data['id']).first()
         if post:
             return post
diff --git a/app/community/routes.py b/app/community/routes.py
index 2b57b942..bded84fd 100644
--- a/app/community/routes.py
+++ b/app/community/routes.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def retrieve_remote_post(community_id: int):
     community = Community.query.get_or_404(community_id)
     if form.validate_on_submit():
         address = form.address.data.strip()
-        new_post =  resolve_remote_post(address, community_id)
+        new_post = resolve_remote_post(address, community_id)
         if new_post is None:
             flash(_('Post not found.'), 'warning')
 
diff --git a/app/templates/community/community.html b/app/templates/community/community.html
index d872a67a..43c37a88 100644
--- a/app/templates/community/community.html
+++ b/app/templates/community/community.html
@@ -148,12 +148,10 @@
                     </ul>
                 {% endif %}
                 {% if not community.is_local() %}
-                    <p>
-                       <a href="{{ community.profile_id() }}">View community on original server</a>
-                    </p>
-                    <p>
-                       <a href="/community/retrieve_remote_post/{{ community.id }}">Retrieve a post from the original server</a>
-                    </p>
+                    <ul>
+                        <li><p><a href="{{ community.profile_id() }}">{{ _('View community on original server') }}</a></p></li>
+                        <li><p><a href="{{ url_for('community.retrieve_remote_post', community_id=community.id) }}">{{ _('Retrieve a post from the original server') }}</a></p></li>
+                    </ul>
                 {% endif %}
                 {% if community.local_only %}
                 <p>{{ _('Only people on %(instance_name)s can post or reply in this community.', instance_name=current_app.config['SERVER_NAME']) }}</p>
diff --git a/app/templates/search/start.html b/app/templates/search/start.html
index 6c81c1f5..f1a8ea48 100644
--- a/app/templates/search/start.html
+++ b/app/templates/search/start.html
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@
                                 <td><p>{{ _('Results will have exactly that phrase in them.') }}</p></td>
                             </tr>
                         </table>
-
+                        <h6 class="mt-5">{{ _('Trying to add a communitiy or post from another instance?') }} </h6>
+                        <p>{{ _('In many types of federated platforms you can put a URL of a post or community into the search in order to add it to your local instance. In PieFed the search is just for searching.') }}</p>
+                        <p><a href="{{ url_for('community.add_remote') }}" class="btn btn-primary">{{ _('Add remote community') }}</a></p>
+                        <p>{{ _('To add a post from a remote instance, find the community in PieFed then look for the "Retrieve a post from the original server" link.') }}</p>
                     </div>
                 </div>
             </div>