diff -u b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityExportForm.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityExportForm.php
--- b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityExportForm.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityExportForm.php
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
       '#type' => 'textarea',
       '#default_value' => $entity_storage->getExport($this->entity),
       '#rows' => 100,
-      '#prefix' => '<p>' . $this->t('Copy and paste this code to your <a href="@url">staging configuration directory</a>.', array('@url' => url('https://drupal.org/documentation/administer/config'))) . '</p>',
     );
 
     return parent::form($form, $form_state);