diff --git a/android/assets/jsons/translations/template.properties b/android/assets/jsons/translations/template.properties
index 18ebe6e9ac..24af28d408 100644
--- a/android/assets/jsons/translations/template.properties
+++ b/android/assets/jsons/translations/template.properties
@@ -1172,6 +1172,7 @@ Pick improvement =
 Provides [resource] = 
 Provides [amount] [resource] = 
 Replaces [improvement] = 
+Not in city work range = 
 Pick now! = 
 Remove [feature] first = 
 Research [tech] first = 
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/pickerscreens/ImprovementPickerScreen.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/pickerscreens/ImprovementPickerScreen.kt
index 8c85d71d30..f3457debc9 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/pickerscreens/ImprovementPickerScreen.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/pickerscreens/ImprovementPickerScreen.kt
@@ -163,6 +163,18 @@ class ImprovementPickerScreen(
                 tile.getCity(),
                 cityUniqueCache
             )
+
+            //Warn when the current improvement will increase a stat for the tile,
+            // but the tile is outside of the range (> 3 tiles from city center) that can be
+            // worked by a city's population
+            if (stats.values.any { it > 0f }
+                    && !improvement.name.startsWith(Constants.remove)
+                    && !improvement.isRoad()
+                    && tile.owningCity != null
+                    && !tile.owningCity!!.getWorkableTiles().contains(tile)
+            )
+                labelText += "\n" + "Not in city work range".tr()
+
             val statsTable = getStatsTable(stats)
             statIcons.add(statsTable).padLeft(13f)