diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/clearance/ClearanceFlow.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/clearance/ClearanceFlow.tsx
index fd8739a4a..83d963e34 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/clearance/ClearanceFlow.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/clearance/ClearanceFlow.tsx
@@ -209,6 +209,17 @@ export function ClearanceFlow({ booking, flow, footer }: ClearanceFlowProps) {
         </>
       )}
 
+      {/* Clearance is done but the shipment is not paid yet: documents stay
+          open, so say so — otherwise the upload box below reads as leftover UI. */}
+      {canUpload && !isInitialUpload && status !== "DOCUMENTS_UNDER_REVIEW" ? (
+        <Alert color="blue" variant="light" radius="md" mt="md" p="xs">
+          <Text fz="12px">
+            Need to send something else? You can still add documents to this
+            shipment until it is paid.
+          </Text>
+        </Alert>
+      ) : null}
+
       {canUpload ? (
         <ClearanceAdHocUploadSection
           rows={adHoc}