diff --git a/public/src/admin/manage/category.js b/public/src/admin/manage/category.js
index c51dba4a01..238317144c 100644
--- a/public/src/admin/manage/category.js
+++ b/public/src/admin/manage/category.js
@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ define('admin/manage/category', [
 			} else {
 				app.alertError('[[error:invalid-data]]');
 			}
-		})
+		});
+
+		Category.exposeAssumedPrivileges();
 	};
 
 	Category.refreshPrivilegeTable = function() {
@@ -216,10 +218,33 @@ define('admin/manage/category', [
 				privileges: privileges
 			}, function(html) {
 				$('.privilege-table-container').html(html);
+				Category.exposeAssumedPrivileges();
 			});
 		});
 	};
 
+	Category.exposeAssumedPrivileges = function() {
+		/*
+			If registered-users has a privilege enabled, then all users and groups of that privilege
+			should be assumed to have that privilege as well, even if not set in the db, so reflect
+			this arrangement in the table
+		*/
+		var privs = [];
+		$('.privilege-table tr[data-group-name="registered-users"] td input[type="checkbox"]').parent().each(function(idx, el) {
+			if ($(el).find('input').prop('checked')) {
+				privs.push(el.getAttribute('data-privilege'));
+			}
+		});
+		for(var x=0,numPrivs=privs.length;x<numPrivs;x++) {
+			var inputs = $('.privilege-table tr[data-group-name]:not([data-group-name="registered-users"],[data-group-name="guests"]) td[data-privilege="' + privs[x] + '"] input');
+			inputs.each(function(idx, el) {
+				if (!el.checked) {
+					el.indeterminate = true;
+				}
+			});
+		}
+	};
+
 	Category.setPrivilege = function(member, privilege, state, checkboxEl) {
 		socket.emit('admin.categories.setPrivilege', {
 			cid: ajaxify.variables.get('cid'),
diff --git a/src/views/admin/manage/categories.tpl b/src/views/admin/manage/categories.tpl
index 69526e86b4..39d2a15c9b 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/manage/categories.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/manage/categories.tpl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div class="row">
 	<div class="col-lg-9">
 		<div class="panel panel-default">
-			<div class="panel-heading"><i class="fa fa-folder"></i> Categories</div>
+			<div class="panel-heading"><i class="fa fa-folder"></i> Active Categories</div>
 			<div class="panel-body">
 				<table class="table table-striped table-hover table-reordering">
 					<thead>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 		</div>
 
 		<div class="panel panel-default">
-			<div class="panel-heading"><i class="fa fa-folder"></i> Categories</div>
+			<div class="panel-heading"><i class="fa fa-folder"></i> Disabled Categories</div>
 			<div class="panel-body">
 				<table class="table table-striped table-hover table-reordering">
 					<thead>
diff --git a/src/views/admin/partials/categories/privileges.tpl b/src/views/admin/partials/categories/privileges.tpl
index b6b33ac42b..d18329753e 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/partials/categories/privileges.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/partials/categories/privileges.tpl
@@ -42,4 +42,10 @@
 							</tr>
 							<!-- END privileges.groups -->
 						</table>
+						<div class="help-block">
+							If the <code>registered-users</code> group is granted a specific privilege, all other groups receive an
+							<strong>implicit privilege</strong>, even if they are not explicitly defined/checked. This implicit
+							privilege is shown to you because all users are part of the <code>registered-users</code> user group,
+							and so, privileges for additional groups need not be explicitly granted.
+						</div>
 					</div>
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