diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Checks.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Checks.cs
index 2756a36e..363b854c 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Checks.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Checks.cs
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot
 
             // Loop through every channel and group them by sets of permissions missing
             var permissionsMissing = new Dictionary<ulong, List<Channel>>();
-            var hiddenChannels = 0;
+            var hiddenChannels = false;
+            var missingEmojiPermissions = false;
             foreach (var channel in await _rest.GetGuildChannels(guild.Id))
             {
                 var botPermissions = _bot.PermissionsIn(channel.Id);
@@ -91,8 +92,8 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot
                 {
                     // If the user can't see this channel, don't calculate permissions for it
                     // (to prevent info-leaking, mostly)
-                    // Instead, count how many hidden channels and show the user (so they don't get confused)
-                    hiddenChannels++;
+                    // Instead, show the user that some channels got ignored (so they don't get confused)
+                    hiddenChannels = true;
                     continue;
                 }
 
@@ -103,9 +104,12 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot
                 foreach (var requiredPermission in requiredPermissions)
                     if ((botPermissions & requiredPermission) == 0)
                         missingPermissionField |= (ulong) requiredPermission;
-                
+
                 if ((webhookPermissions & PermissionSet.UseExternalEmojis) == 0)
+                {
                     missingPermissionField |= (ulong) PermissionSet.UseExternalEmojis;
+                    missingEmojiPermissions = true;
+                }
 
                 // If we're not missing any permissions, don't bother adding it to the dict
                 // This means we can check if the dict is empty to see if all channels are proxyable
@@ -132,9 +136,6 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot
                     // so we extract them all and generate a comma-separated list
                     var missingPermissionNames = ((PermissionSet) missingPermissionField).ToPermissionString();
 
-                    if (missingPermissionField == (ulong) PermissionSet.UseExternalEmojis)
-                        eb.Footer(new($"Use External Emojis permissions must be granted to the @everyone role / Default Permissions."));
-                    
                     var channelsList = string.Join("\n", channels
                         .OrderBy(c => c.Position)
                         .Select(c => $"#{c.Name}"));
@@ -143,9 +144,18 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot
                 }
             }
 
-            if (hiddenChannels > 0)
-                eb.Footer(new($"{"channel".ToQuantity(hiddenChannels)} were ignored as you do not have view access to them."));
+            var footer = "";
+            if (hiddenChannels)
+                footer += "Some channels were ignored as you do not have view access to them.";
+            if (missingEmojiPermissions)
+            {
+                if (hiddenChannels) footer += " | ";
+                footer += "Use External Emojis permissions must be granted to the @everyone role / Default Permissions.";
+            }
 
+            if (footer.Length > 0)
+                eb.Footer(new(footer));
+            
             // Send! :)
             await ctx.Reply(embed: eb.Build());
         }