diff --git a/app/policies/user/participation_policy.rb b/app/policies/user/participation_policy.rb
index f9bcab5301ee4dc247ed4155fd115e7c02481dfa..59c80c7e9ee6b31ebdc3b3a781cf6d3b1fd0fc6d 100644
--- a/app/policies/user/participation_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/user/participation_policy.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ class User::ParticipationPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
     elsif participation.user_id == page.owner_id and page.owner_type == 'User'
       false
     else
-      user.may_admin_page_without?(page, participation)
+      # FIXME: this is too restrictive, users should be able to remove
+      # themselves from pages if they are not page owners (which is
+      # tested above)
+      # user.may_admin_page_without?(page, participation)
+      true
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/config/en.yml b/config/en.yml
index c8f0077bd0df6b15fda7316716544c0a6e2ca998..5b027de692dd93b9a1bbcf7ac65e408429f6f63b 100644
--- a/config/en.yml
+++ b/config/en.yml
@@ -397,7 +397,8 @@ en:
   group_successfully_created: Group was successfully created.
   join_group_confirmation: Are you sure you want to join this %{group_type}?
   join_group_link: Join %{group_type}
-  leave_group_confirmation: Are you sure you want to leave this %{group_type}?
+  leave_group_confirmation: Are you sure you want to leave this %{group_type}? You will
+    loose access to all pages owned by this %{group_type}.
   leave_group_link: Leave %{group_type}
   link_name_description: This name is how you will refer to this group in links and
     URLs. It must only contain alphanumeric characters, no spaces allowed.
diff --git a/config/locales/en/groups.yml b/config/locales/en/groups.yml
index b18d80f1b7c9fed20c8cbaa2b825bfde21a4da22..ec38eb3f56891bfc1e154bb3640eb7a87f19b970 100644
--- a/config/locales/en/groups.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en/groups.yml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ en:
   group_successfully_created: "Group was successfully created."
   join_group_confirmation: "Are you sure you want to join this %{group_type}?"
   join_group_link: "Join %{group_type}"
-  leave_group_confirmation: "Are you sure you want to leave this %{group_type}?"
+  leave_group_confirmation: "Are you sure you want to leave this %{group_type}? You will loose access to all pages owned by this %{group_type}."
   leave_group_link: "Leave %{group_type}"
   link_name_description: "This name is how you will refer to this group in links and URLs. It must only contain alphanumeric characters, no spaces allowed."
   network_initial_member: "Choose an organization to be an initial member of this network."