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description: Define custom help text for your organization’s fields to provide users with a helpful description. Help text can be defined for standard and custom fields on all detail and edit pages where the field displays. Users can view the field-level help text by hovering over the Info icon next to the field.
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# Define Field-Level Help

Define custom help text for your organization’s fields to provide users with a helpful description. Help text can be defined for standard and custom fields on all detail and edit pages where the field displays. Users can view the field-level help text by hovering over the Info icon next to the field.

### Required Editions

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1. From the management settings for the field’s object, go to Fields.
2. Click **Edit** next to the field.
3. In the Help Text field, enter the text you want displayed.
    
    The text displays when a user hovers the mouse over the Info icon that appears next to the field on a detail or edit page. You can enter up to 510 characters.
4. Click **Save**.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/images/icon_note.png)

Note If the object you’re modifying is exposed in an Experience Cloud site, field-level help is visible to site members, including unlicensed users, partners, and customers. Make sure the information you provide in field-level help accounts for all audiences and doesn’t contain business-sensitive information.

#### See Also

- [Custom Help Content](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.customhelp_about.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Tailor help so that users understand how to work within your unique implementation of Salesforce. You can add learning in the flow of work in several ways. Add custom help for a page, app, object, or org level, or provide links to help in the Utility Bar, Path, or as a text box on the page. Show users custom resources in a Lightning Experience welcome mat when they first log in. Or, to reach users with important news, training, and on-boarding information, add micro-learning prompts and walkthroughs to your app.")
- [Field-Level Help](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.customhelp_getting_started_flh.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Field-level help lets you provide help text detailing the purpose and function of any standard or custom field. Before defining field-level help, review these implementation tips and best practices.")
- [Find Object Management Settings](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.extend_click_find_objectmgmt_parent.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Salesforce lets you personalize your object model with features like custom fields, page layouts, and validation rules. Depending on which experience of Salesforce you have enabled, these customizations are located in different areas of Setup.")