diff --git a/app/views/leaderboards/_mini_leaderboard.html.erb b/app/views/leaderboards/_mini_leaderboard.html.erb
index e812fbb..298e4dd 100644
--- a/app/views/leaderboards/_mini_leaderboard.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/leaderboards/_mini_leaderboard.html.erb
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
           <% end %>
           <span class="user">
             <%= render "shared/user_mention", user: entry.user, show: [:neighborhood] %>
+            <% if entry.user == current_user && current_user.github_username.blank? %>
+              <span class="super">
+                <%= link_to "Link active projects", my_settings_path(anchor: "user_github_account"), target: "_blank" %>
+              </span>
+            <% end %>
             <% if @active_projects&.dig(entry.user_id).present? %>
               <span class="super">
                 working on <%= link_to @active_projects[entry.user_id].project_name, @active_projects[entry.user_id].repo_url, target: "_blank" %>
diff --git a/app/views/static_pages/_currently_hacking.erb b/app/views/static_pages/_currently_hacking.erb
index 4c9950d..e612c0c 100644
--- a/app/views/static_pages/_currently_hacking.erb
+++ b/app/views/static_pages/_currently_hacking.erb
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
                   working on <%= link_to active_projects[user.id].project_name, active_projects[user.id].repo_url, target: "_blank" %>
                 </span>
               <% end %>
+              <% if user == current_user && user.github_username.blank? %>
+                <span class="super">
+                  <%= link_to "Link active projects", my_settings_path(anchor: "user_github_account"), target: "_blank" %>
+                </span>
+              <% end %>
             <% end %>
           </ul>
         </div>
diff --git a/app/views/users/edit.html.erb b/app/views/users/edit.html.erb
index 3c8cf66..c4fcca1 100644
--- a/app/views/users/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/edit.html.erb
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 
 <div>
   <h2 id="user_github_account">GitHub Account</h2>
+  <p>
+    This is used to show your active projects on the leaderboard & current hacking activity on the dashboard.
+  </p>
   <% if @user.github_uid.present? %>
     <p>Your GitHub account is linked. <%= link_to "@#{@user.github_username}", "https://github.com/#{@user.github_username}", target: "_blank" %></p>
   <% else %>