diff --git a/web/src/locales/en.po b/web/src/locales/en.po
index a803ba3aa..d70be624a 100644
--- a/web/src/locales/en.po
+++ b/web/src/locales/en.po
@@ -4552,6 +4552,10 @@ msgstr "Title"
 msgid "To"
 msgstr "To"
 
+#: src/pages/users/UserViewPage.ts
+msgid "To create a recovery link, the current tenant needs to have a recovery flow configured."
+msgstr "To create a recovery link, the current tenant needs to have a recovery flow configured."
+
 #: src/pages/users/UserListPage.ts
 msgid "To directly reset a user's password, configure a recovery flow on the currently active tenant."
 msgstr "To directly reset a user's password, configure a recovery flow on the currently active tenant."
diff --git a/web/src/locales/pseudo-LOCALE.po b/web/src/locales/pseudo-LOCALE.po
index f650108e7..1c40129a2 100644
--- a/web/src/locales/pseudo-LOCALE.po
+++ b/web/src/locales/pseudo-LOCALE.po
@@ -4537,6 +4537,10 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "To"
 msgstr ""
 
+#: src/pages/users/UserViewPage.ts
+msgid "To create a recovery link, the current tenant needs to have a recovery flow configured."
+msgstr ""
+
 #: src/pages/users/UserListPage.ts
 msgid "To directly reset a user's password, configure a recovery flow on the currently active tenant."
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/web/src/pages/users/UserViewPage.ts b/web/src/pages/users/UserViewPage.ts
index 76548415c..597b12c62 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/users/UserViewPage.ts
+++ b/web/src/pages/users/UserViewPage.ts
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ export class UserViewPage extends LitElement {
                         </div>
                         <div class="pf-c-card__footer">
                             <ak-action-button
+                                class="pf-m-secondary"
                                 .apiRequest=${() => {
                                     return new CoreApi(DEFAULT_CONFIG)
                                         .coreUsersRecoveryRetrieve({
@@ -208,6 +209,13 @@ export class UserViewPage extends LitElement {
                                                 message: t`Successfully generated recovery link`,
                                                 description: rec.link,
                                             });
+                                        })
+                                        .catch(() => {
+                                            showMessage({
+                                                level: MessageLevel.error,
+                                                message: t`To create a recovery link, the current tenant needs to have a recovery flow configured.`,
+                                                description: "",
+                                            });
                                         });
                                 }}
                             >