diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/en.json b/src/i18n/locales/en.json
index 328e97c48..241bff963 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         "downloadStarted": "started download of {{count}} items",
         "editPlaylist": "edit $t(entity.playlist_one)",
         "goToPage": "go to page",
-        "largeFetch": "this action will attempt to fetch {{count}} items from your server",
+        "largeFetch": "this action will make {{count}} network requests to your server",
         "moveToNext": "move to next",
         "moveToBottom": "move to bottom",
         "moveToTop": "move to top",
diff --git a/src/renderer/features/player/context/player-context.tsx b/src/renderer/features/player/context/player-context.tsx
index e712ae859..6ad203acb 100644
--- a/src/renderer/features/player/context/player-context.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/features/player/context/player-context.tsx
@@ -375,9 +375,21 @@ export const PlayerProvider = ({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) => {
                 })) as number;
                 totalCount = countResult || 0;
 
-                // Check if we need confirmation
-                if (totalCount > queueFetchConfirmThreshold) {
-                    const confirmed = await confirmLargeFetch(totalCount);
+                const allResults: Song[] | string[] = [];
+                const pageSize = 500;
+
+                // Calculate the number of fetches needed
+                let numberOfFetches = 0;
+                if (itemType === LibraryItem.SONG) {
+                    // For songs, the number of fetches is based on pagination
+                    numberOfFetches = Math.ceil(totalCount / pageSize);
+                } else {
+                    const paginationFetches = Math.ceil(totalCount / pageSize);
+                    numberOfFetches = paginationFetches + totalCount;
+                }
+
+                if (numberOfFetches > queueFetchConfirmThreshold) {
+                    const confirmed = await confirmLargeFetch(numberOfFetches);
                     if (!confirmed) {
                         return;
                     }
@@ -411,10 +423,6 @@ export const PlayerProvider = ({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) => {
                         });
                     }, 2000),
                 };
-
-                // Paginate through all items to collect IDs
-                const allResults: Song[] | string[] = [];
-                const pageSize = 500; // Fetch in chunks
                 let startIndex = 0;
 
                 while (startIndex < totalCount) {