diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Api/Config/IndexerConfigModule.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Api/Config/IndexerConfigModule.cs
index 073a1d505..1f7ff674c 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Api/Config/IndexerConfigModule.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Api/Config/IndexerConfigModule.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api.Config
             : base(configService)
         {
             SharedValidator.RuleFor(c => c.MinimumAge)
-                           .GreaterThan(0);
+                           .GreaterThanOrEqualTo(0);
 
             SharedValidator.RuleFor(c => c.Retention)
                            .GreaterThanOrEqualTo(0);
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/MinimumAgeSpecification.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/MinimumAgeSpecification.cs
index 36da39acb..a46b3f0fc 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/MinimumAgeSpecification.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/MinimumAgeSpecification.cs
@@ -29,14 +29,23 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.DecisionEngine.Specifications
             var age = subject.Release.AgeMinutes;
             var minimumAge = _configService.MinimumAge;
 
+            if (minimumAge == 0)
+            {
+                _logger.Debug("Minimum age is not set.");
+                return Decision.Accept();
+            }
+
+
             _logger.Debug("Checking if report meets minimum age requirements. {0}", age);
 
-            if (minimumAge > 0 && age < minimumAge)
+            if (age < minimumAge)
             {
                 _logger.Debug("Only {0} minutes old, minimum age is {1} minutes", age, minimumAge);
                 return Decision.Reject("Only {0} minutes old, minimum age is {1} minutes", age, minimumAge);
             }
 
+            _logger.Debug("Release is {0} minutes old, greater than minimum age of {1} minutes", age, minimumAge);
+
             return Decision.Accept();
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/UI/Settings/Indexers/Options/IndexerOptionsViewTemplate.hbs b/src/UI/Settings/Indexers/Options/IndexerOptionsViewTemplate.hbs
index fa3d45be2..14fc7f5bb 100644
--- a/src/UI/Settings/Indexers/Options/IndexerOptionsViewTemplate.hbs
+++ b/src/UI/Settings/Indexers/Options/IndexerOptionsViewTemplate.hbs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         <label class="col-sm-3 control-label">Minimum Age</label>
 
         <div class="col-sm-1 col-sm-push-2 help-inline">
-            <i class="icon-nd-form-info" title="Usenet only: Reports that do not meet minimum age will not be grabbed, until they do"/>
+            <i class="icon-nd-form-info" title="Usenet only: Minimum age of NZBs before they are grabbed. Use this to give new releases time to propagate to your usenet provider."/>
         </div>
 
         <div class="col-sm-2 col-sm-pull-1">