diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/data_visualizer/public/application/file_data_visualizer/components/about_panel/about_panel.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/data_visualizer/public/application/file_data_visualizer/components/about_panel/about_panel.tsx
index 6555b95c3f470..a48a2365486fe 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/data_visualizer/public/application/file_data_visualizer/components/about_panel/about_panel.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/data_visualizer/public/application/file_data_visualizer/components/about_panel/about_panel.tsx
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ import { WelcomeContent } from './welcome_content';
 
 interface Props {
   onFilePickerChange(files: FileList | null): void;
+  hasPermissionToImport: boolean;
 }
 
-export const AboutPanel: FC<Props> = ({ onFilePickerChange }) => {
+export const AboutPanel: FC<Props> = ({ onFilePickerChange, hasPermissionToImport }) => {
   return (
     <EuiPageBody
       paddingSize="none"
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ export const AboutPanel: FC<Props> = ({ onFilePickerChange }) => {
       <EuiPageContent hasShadow={false} hasBorder>
         <EuiFlexGroup gutterSize="xl">
           <EuiFlexItem grow={true}>
-            <WelcomeContent />
+            <WelcomeContent hasPermissionToImport={hasPermissionToImport} />
 
             <EuiHorizontalRule margin="l" />
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/data_visualizer/public/application/file_data_visualizer/components/about_panel/welcome_content.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/data_visualizer/public/application/file_data_visualizer/components/about_panel/welcome_content.tsx
index 3a162a805f9ae..b2937a6189b0a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/data_visualizer/public/application/file_data_visualizer/components/about_panel/welcome_content.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/data_visualizer/public/application/file_data_visualizer/components/about_panel/welcome_content.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ import { EuiFlexGroup, EuiFlexItem, EuiIcon, EuiSpacer, EuiText, EuiTitle } from
 
 import { useDataVisualizerKibana } from '../../../kibana_context';
 
-export const WelcomeContent: FC = () => {
+interface Props {
+  hasPermissionToImport: boolean;
+}
+
+export const WelcomeContent: FC<Props> = ({ hasPermissionToImport }) => {
   const {
     services: {
       fileUpload: { getMaxBytesFormatted },
@@ -37,10 +41,17 @@ export const WelcomeContent: FC = () => {
         <EuiSpacer size="s" />
         <EuiText>
           <p>
-            <FormattedMessage
-              id="xpack.dataVisualizer.file.welcomeContent.visualizeDataFromLogFileDescription"
-              defaultMessage="Upload your file, analyze its data, and optionally import the data into an Elasticsearch index."
-            />
+            {hasPermissionToImport ? (
+              <FormattedMessage
+                id="xpack.dataVisualizer.file.welcomeContent.visualizeAndImportDataFromLogFileDescription"
+                defaultMessage="Upload your file, analyze its data, and optionally import the data into an Elasticsearch index."
+              />
+            ) : (
+              <FormattedMessage
+                id="xpack.dataVisualizer.file.welcomeContent.visualizeDataFromLogFileDescription"
+                defaultMessage="Upload your file and analyze its data."
+              />
+            )}
           </p>
         </EuiText>
         <EuiSpacer size="s" />
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/data_visualizer/public/application/file_data_visualizer/components/file_data_visualizer_view/file_data_visualizer_view.js b/x-pack/plugins/data_visualizer/public/application/file_data_visualizer/components/file_data_visualizer_view/file_data_visualizer_view.js
index c34a6e0b9cbd9..b9766e65a3555 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/data_visualizer/public/application/file_data_visualizer/components/file_data_visualizer_view/file_data_visualizer_view.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/data_visualizer/public/application/file_data_visualizer/components/file_data_visualizer_view/file_data_visualizer_view.js
@@ -296,7 +296,12 @@ export class FileDataVisualizerView extends Component {
       <div>
         {mode === MODE.READ && (
           <>
-            {!loading && !loaded && <AboutPanel onFilePickerChange={this.onFilePickerChange} />}
+            {!loading && !loaded && (
+              <AboutPanel
+                onFilePickerChange={this.onFilePickerChange}
+                hasPermissionToImport={hasPermissionToImport}
+              />
+            )}
 
             {loading && <LoadingPanel />}