diff --git a/src/applications/ponder/controller/PonderQuestionViewController.php b/src/applications/ponder/controller/PonderQuestionViewController.php
--- a/src/applications/ponder/controller/PonderQuestionViewController.php
+++ b/src/applications/ponder/controller/PonderQuestionViewController.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
       return new Aphront404Response();
     }
 
-    $answers = $this->buildAnswers($question->getAnswers());
+    $answers = $this->buildAnswers($question);
 
     $answer_add_panel = id(new PonderAddAnswerView())
       ->setQuestion($question)
@@ -81,6 +81,20 @@
       ->addPropertyList($properties)
       ->appendChild($footer);
 
+    if ($viewer->getPHID() == $question->getAuthorPHID()) {
+      $status = $question->getStatus();
+      $answers_list = $question->getAnswers();
+      if ($answers_list && ($status == PonderQuestionStatus::STATUS_OPEN)) {
+        $info_view = id(new PHUIInfoView())
+          ->setSeverity(PHUIInfoView::SEVERITY_WARNING)
+          ->appendChild(
+            pht(
+              'If this question has been resolved, please consider closing
+              the question and marking the answer as helpful.'));
+        $object_box->setInfoView($info_view);
+      }
+    }
+
     $crumbs = $this->buildApplicationCrumbs($this->buildSideNavView());
     $crumbs->addTextCrumb('Q'.$id, '/Q'.$id);
 
@@ -206,8 +220,9 @@
    * TODO - re-factor this to ajax in one answer panel at a time in a more
    * standard fashion. This is necessary to scale this application.
    */
-  private function buildAnswers(array $answers) {
+  private function buildAnswers(PonderQuestion $question) {
     $viewer = $this->getViewer();
+    $answers = $question->getAnswers();
 
     $author_phids = mpull($answers, 'getAuthorPHID');
     $handles = $this->loadViewerHandles($author_phids);