diff --git a/lang/en/moodle.php b/lang/en/moodle.php
index 816dc36191ac7..deca426cbad6e 100644
--- a/lang/en/moodle.php
+++ b/lang/en/moodle.php
@@ -237,6 +237,10 @@
    to enter your personal username and password (in the form on this page)
    to log in and access any course you have enrolled in.
    </OL>";
+$string['loginstepsnone'] = "Hi!<P>For full access to courses you'll need to create 
+yourself an account.<P>All you need to do is make up a username and password and use it in
+the form on this page!<P>If someone else has already chosen your username
+then you'll have to try again using a different username.";
 $string['logout'] = "Logout";
 $string['logs'] = "Logs";
 $string['makeafolder'] = "Make a folder";
diff --git a/login/index_form.html b/login/index_form.html
index 51f2f28c8f435..e83c5a02791f3 100644
--- a/login/index_form.html
+++ b/login/index_form.html
@@ -60,13 +60,24 @@
       </FONT> </TD>
     <TD WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP" bgcolor="<?=$THEME->cellheading?>">
       <FONT SIZE=2>
-      <P><? print_string("loginsteps", "", "signup.php") ?></P>
-      </FONT>
-        <CENTER>
-        <FORM NAME="form4" ACTION="signup.php" METHOD=post>
-        <INPUT type="submit" NAME="Submit" VALUE="<? print_string("startsignup") ?>">
-        </FORM>
-        </CENTER>
+      <? switch ($CFG->auth) {
+           case "email":             ?>
+             <P><? print_string("loginsteps", "", "signup.php") ?></P>
+             </FONT>
+             <CENTER>
+             <FORM NAME="form4" ACTION="signup.php" METHOD=post>
+             <INPUT type="submit" NAME="Submit" VALUE="<? print_string("startsignup") ?>">
+             </FORM>
+             </CENTER>
+      <?     break;
+           case "none":              ?>
+             <P><? print_string("loginstepsnone") ?></P>
+      <?     break;
+           default:
+             echo "ERROR: I don't know about the current authentication!";
+         }
+      ?>
+
       </TD>
   </TR>
 </TABLE>