diff --git a/htroot/RankingSolr_p.html b/htroot/RankingSolr_p.html
index d19398a00..255f73049 100644
--- a/htroot/RankingSolr_p.html
+++ b/htroot/RankingSolr_p.html
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@
             onclick="if (document.getElementById('#[field]#').checked) document.getElementById('boost_#[field]#').value='1.0'; else document.getElementById('boost_#[field]#').value='';"/>
           </dt>
           <dd style="width:360px;margin:0;padding:0;height:1.8em;float:left;display:inline;" id="boost_dd_#[field]#">
-            <input name="boost_#[field]#" id="boost_#[field]#" type="text" align="right" size="10" value="#[boost]#" />
+            <input #(notinindexwarning)#::class="TableCellActive"#(/notinindexwarning)# name="boost_#[field]#" id="boost_#[field]#" type="text" align="right" size="10" value="#[boost]#" />
+            #(notinindexwarning)#::field not in local index (boost has no effect)#(/notinindexwarning)#    
           </dd>#{/boosts}#
           <dt style="width:260px;margin:0;padding:0;height:1.8em;"></dt>
           <dd style="width:360px;margin:0;padding:0;height:1.8em;float:left;display:inline;">
diff --git a/htroot/RankingSolr_p.java b/htroot/RankingSolr_p.java
index 9d6efabaf..fe2ac34ae 100644
--- a/htroot/RankingSolr_p.java
+++ b/htroot/RankingSolr_p.java
@@ -114,9 +114,11 @@ public class RankingSolr_p {
             if (boost == null || boost.floatValue() <= 0.0f) {
                 prop.put("boosts_" + i + "_checked", 0);
                 prop.put("boosts_" + i + "_boost", "");
+                prop.put("boosts_" + i + "_notinindexwarning", "0");
             } else {
                 prop.put("boosts_" + i + "_checked", 1);
                 prop.put("boosts_" + i + "_boost", boost.toString());
+                prop.put("boosts_" + i + "_notinindexwarning", (sb.index.fulltext().getDefaultConfiguration().contains(field.name())? "0" : "1") );
             }
             i++;
         }