diff --git a/includes/admin/meta-boxes/views/html-order-items.php b/includes/admin/meta-boxes/views/html-order-items.php
index 06563111820..4df4dea686c 100644
--- a/includes/admin/meta-boxes/views/html-order-items.php
+++ b/includes/admin/meta-boxes/views/html-order-items.php
@@ -279,10 +279,13 @@ if ( wc_tax_enabled() ) {
 	</table>
 	<div class="clear"></div>
 	<div class="refund-actions">
-		<?php if ( false !== $payment_gateway && $payment_gateway->supports( 'refunds' ) ) : ?>
-		<button type="button" class="button button-primary do-api-refund"><?php printf( _x( 'Refund %s via %s', 'Refund $amount', 'woocommerce' ), '<span class="wc-order-refund-amount">' . wc_price( 0, array( 'currency' => $order->get_order_currency() ) ) . '</span>', ( ! empty( $payment_gateway->method_title ) ? $payment_gateway->method_title : $payment_gateway->get_title() ) ); ?></button>
-		<?php endif; ?>
-		<button type="button" class="button button-primary do-manual-refund"><?php _e( 'Refund manually', 'woocommerce' ); ?></button>
+		<?php
+		$refund_amount            = '<span class="wc-order-refund-amount">' . wc_price( 0, array( 'currency' => $order->get_order_currency() ) ) . '</span>';
+		$gateway_supports_refunds = false !== $payment_gateway && $payment_gateway->supports( 'refunds' );
+		$gateway_name             = false !== $payment_gateway ? ( ! empty( $payment_gateway->method_title ) ? $payment_gateway->method_title : $payment_gateway->get_title() ) : __( 'Payment Gateway', 'woocommerce' );
+		?>
+		<button type="button" class="button <?php echo $gateway_supports_refunds ? 'button-primary do-api-refund' : 'tips disabled'; ?>" <?php echo $gateway_supports_refunds ? '' : 'data-tip="' . esc_attr__( 'The payment gateway used to place this order does not support automatic refunds.', 'woocommerce' ) . '"'; ?>><?php printf( _x( 'Refund %s via %s', 'Refund $amount', 'woocommerce' ), $refund_amount, $gateway_name ); ?></button>
+		<button type="button" class="button button-primary do-manual-refund tips" data-tip="<?php esc_attr_e( 'You will need to manually issue a refund through your payment gateway after using this.', 'woocommerce' ); ?>"><?php printf( _x( 'Refund %s manually', 'Refund $amount manually', 'woocommerce' ), $refund_amount ); ?></button>
 		<button type="button" class="button cancel-action"><?php _e( 'Cancel', 'woocommerce' ); ?></button>
 		<div class="clear"></div>
 	</div>