diff --git a/inc/school.inc b/inc/school.inc
--- a/inc/school.inc
+++ b/inc/school.inc
@@ -290,6 +290,18 @@ function school_default_classes($school)
 
 /**
  * \brief
+ *   Determine if a school has crawler data stored.
+ *
+ * \param $school
+ *   The which should be checked.
+ */
+function school_has_auto(array $school)
+{
+  return isset($school['crawled']) && $school['crawled'];
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief
  *   Used to load the school cache.
  *
  * \return
diff --git a/input.php b/input.php
--- a/input.php
+++ b/input.php
@@ -103,8 +103,14 @@ if (!empty($_REQUEST['selectschool'])
 ?>
 <p>
   Welcome to SlatePermutate<?php $inputPage->addressStudent(', ', '', FALSE); ?>!
-  To get started, enter in some of your class IDs, and click the
-  autosuggestion to add available sections for each class.
+  <?php if (school_has_auto($inputPage->get_school())): ?>
+  To get started, enter in some a course identifier and click the
+  autosuggestion to automatically load available sections for each class.
+  <?php else: ?>
+  To get started, enter a course number and add some sections to it.
+  Then specify each section's letter/number and what times it meets,
+  add more courses, and click &ldquo;Find a Schedule&rdquo;.
+  <?php endif; ?>
 </p>
 
 <form method="post" action="process.php" id="scheduleForm">