diff --git a/public/openapi/components/schemas/UserObject.yaml b/public/openapi/components/schemas/UserObject.yaml
index 663a159053..d10acf63bc 100644
--- a/public/openapi/components/schemas/UserObject.yaml
+++ b/public/openapi/components/schemas/UserObject.yaml
@@ -646,6 +646,9 @@ UserObjectACP:
       type: string
       description: Email address associated with the user account
       example: dragonfruit@example.org
+    emailToConfirm:
+      type: string
+      description: Email address user used during signup, this email is not associated with the user until it is confirmed by clicking the link in the confirmation email.
     postcount:
       type: number
       example: 1000
diff --git a/public/src/admin/manage/users.js b/public/src/admin/manage/users.js
index 811c6a00d7..1fb8e2701d 100644
--- a/public/src/admin/manage/users.js
+++ b/public/src/admin/manage/users.js
@@ -242,7 +242,10 @@ define('admin/manage/users', [
 					}
 					alerts.success('[[admin/manage/users:alerts.validate-email-success]]');
 					update('.notvalidated', false);
-					update('.validated', true);
+					update('.pending', false);
+					update('.expired', false);
+					update('.validated', false);
+					update('.validated-by-admin', true);
 					unselectAll();
 				});
 			});
diff --git a/src/controllers/admin/users.js b/src/controllers/admin/users.js
index 149d17126f..aab9045eca 100644
--- a/src/controllers/admin/users.js
+++ b/src/controllers/admin/users.js
@@ -187,11 +187,12 @@ async function loadUserInfo(callerUid, uids) {
 			user.lastonlineISO = utils.toISOString(timestamp);
 			user.ips = ips[index];
 			user.ip = ips[index] && ips[index][0] ? ips[index][0] : null;
-			if (confirmObjs[index]) {
+			user.emailToConfirm = user.email;
+			if (confirmObjs[index] && confirmObjs[index].email) {
 				const confirmObj = confirmObjs[index];
 				user['email:expired'] = !confirmObj.expires || Date.now() >= confirmObj.expires;
 				user['email:pending'] = confirmObj.expires && Date.now() < confirmObj.expires;
-				user.email = confirmObj.email;
+				user.emailToConfirm = confirmObj.email;
 			}
 		}
 	});
diff --git a/src/user/email.js b/src/user/email.js
index 119d5e661b..c5d025cb15 100644
--- a/src/user/email.js
+++ b/src/user/email.js
@@ -45,16 +45,16 @@ UserEmail.remove = async function (uid, sessionId) {
 };
 
 UserEmail.getEmailForValidation = async (uid) => {
-	// gets email from  user:<uid> email field,
-	// if it isn't set fallbacks to confirm:<code> email field
-	let email = await user.getUserField(uid, 'email');
+	let email = '';
+	// check email from confirmObj
+	const code = await db.get(`confirm:byUid:${uid}`);
+	const confirmObj = await db.getObject(`confirm:${code}`);
+	if (confirmObj && confirmObj.email && parseInt(uid, 10) === parseInt(confirmObj.uid, 10)) {
+		email = confirmObj.email;
+	}
+
 	if (!email) {
-		// check email from confirmObj
-		const code = await db.get(`confirm:byUid:${uid}`);
-		const confirmObj = await db.getObject(`confirm:${code}`);
-		if (confirmObj && confirmObj.email && parseInt(uid, 10) === parseInt(confirmObj.uid, 10)) {
-			email = confirmObj.email;
-		}
+		email = await user.getUserField(uid, 'email');
 	}
 	return email;
 };
diff --git a/src/views/admin/manage/users.tpl b/src/views/admin/manage/users.tpl
index 719ae7de36..b87faf0ea9 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/manage/users.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/manage/users.tpl
@@ -104,21 +104,37 @@
 								<i class="administrator fa fa-shield text-success{{{ if !users.administrator }}} hidden{{{ end }}}"></i>
 								<a href="{config.relative_path}/user/{users.userslug}"> {users.username}</a>
 							</td>
-							<td class="text-nowrap">
-								{{{ if ./email }}}
-								<i class="validated fa fa-fw fa-check text-success{{{ if !users.email:confirmed }}} hidden{{{ end }}}" title="[[admin/manage/users:users.validated]]" data-bs-toggle="tooltip"></i>
+							<td class="text-nowrap ">
+								<div class="d-flex flex-column gap-1">
+									{{{ if (!./email && !./emailToConfirm) }}}
+									<em class="text-muted">[[admin/manage/users:users.no-email]]</em>
+									{{{ else }}}
+									<span class="validated {{{ if !users.email:confirmed }}} hidden{{{ end }}}">
+										<i class="fa fa-fw fa-check text-success" title="[[admin/manage/users:users.validated]]" data-bs-toggle="tooltip"></i>
+										{{{ if ./email }}}{./email}{{{ end }}}
+									</span>
 
-								<i class="pending fa fa-fw fa-clock-o text-warning{{{ if !users.email:pending }}} hidden{{{ end }}}" title="[[admin/manage/users:users.validation-pending]]" data-bs-toggle="tooltip"></i>
+									<span class="validated-by-admin hidden">
+										<i class="fa fa-fw fa-check text-success" title="[[admin/manage/users:users.validated]]" data-bs-toggle="tooltip"></i>
+										{{{ if ./emailToConfirm }}}{./emailToConfirm}{{{ end }}}
+									</span>
 
-								<i class="expired fa fa-fw fa-times text-danger{{{ if !users.email:expired }}} hidden{{{ end }}}" title="[[admin/manage/users:users.validation-expired]]" data-bs-toggle="tooltip"></i>
+									<span class="pending {{{ if !users.email:pending }}} hidden{{{ end }}}">
+										<i class="fa fa-fw fa-clock-o text-warning" title="[[admin/manage/users:users.validation-pending]]" data-bs-toggle="tooltip"></i>
+										{./emailToConfirm}
+									</span>
 
-								<i class="notvalidated fa fa-fw fa-times text-danger{{{ if (users.email:expired || (users.email:pending || users.email:confirmed)) }}} hidden{{{ end }}}" title="[[admin/manage/users:users.not-validated]]" data-bs-toggle="tooltip"></i>
+									<span class="expired {{{ if !users.email:expired }}} hidden{{{ end }}}">
+										<i class="fa fa-fw fa-times text-danger" title="[[admin/manage/users:users.validation-expired]]" data-bs-toggle="tooltip"></i>
+										{./emailToConfirm}
+									</span>
 
-								{./email}
-								{{{ else }}}
-								<i class="noemail fa fa-fw fa-nbb-none text-muted""></i>
-								<em class="text-muted">[[admin/manage/users:users.no-email]]</em>
-								{{{ end }}}
+									<span class="notvalidated {{{ if (users.email:expired || (users.email:pending || users.email:confirmed)) }}} hidden{{{ end }}}">
+										<i class="fa fa-fw fa-times text-danger" title="[[admin/manage/users:users.not-validated]]" data-bs-toggle="tooltip"></i>
+										{./emailToConfirm}
+									</span>
+									{{{ end }}}
+								</div>
 							</td>
 							<td>
 								{{{ if ./ips.length }}}