diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/js/GitConfigurationForm.tsx b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/js/GitConfigurationForm.tsx
index 102141cc18..f7a15b54b4 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/js/GitConfigurationForm.tsx
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/js/GitConfigurationForm.tsx
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ class GitConfigurationForm extends React.Component<Props, State> {
         <InputField
           name="defaultBranch"
           label={t("scm-git-plugin.config.defaultBranch")}
+          helpText={t("scm-git-plugin.config.defaultBranchHelpText")}
           value={defaultBranch}
           onChange={this.onDefaultBranchChange}
           disabled={readOnly}
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/de/plugins.json b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/de/plugins.json
index 5d167d548f..ad452fd559 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/de/plugins.json
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/de/plugins.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
       "nonFastForwardDisallowed": "Deaktiviere \"Non Fast-Forward\"",
       "nonFastForwardDisallowedHelpText": "Git Pushes ablehnen, die nicht \"fast-forward\" sind, wie \"--force\".",
       "defaultBranch": "Default Branch",
+      "defaultBranchHelpText": "Dieser Name wird bei der Initialisierung neuer Git Repositories genutzt. Er hat keine weiteren Auswirkungen (insbesondere hat er keinen Einfluss auf den Branchnamen bei leeren Repositories).",
       "defaultBranchValidationError": "Dies ist kein valider Branchname",
       "disabled": "Deaktiviert",
       "disabledHelpText": "Aktiviere oder deaktiviere das Git Plugin",
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json
index 1368fed7d9..f894d1dbf6 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
       "nonFastForwardDisallowed": "Disallow Non Fast-Forward",
       "nonFastForwardDisallowedHelpText": "Reject git pushes which are non fast-forward such as --force.",
       "defaultBranch": "Default Branch",
+      "defaultBranchHelpText": "This name will be used for the initialization of new git repositories. It has no effect otherwise (especially this cannot change the initial branch name for empty repositories).",
       "defaultBranchValidationError": "This is not a valid branch name",
       "disabled": "Disabled",
       "disabledHelpText": "Enable or disable the Git plugin",