diff --git a/scm-ui/src/repos/permissions/components/PermissionCheckbox.js b/scm-ui/src/repos/permissions/components/PermissionCheckbox.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e527de832b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui/src/repos/permissions/components/PermissionCheckbox.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// @flow
+import React from "react";
+import { translate } from "react-i18next";
+import { Checkbox } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
+
+type Props = {
+  t: (string) => string,
+  name: string,
+  checked: boolean,
+  onChange?: (value: boolean, name?: string) => void
+};
+
+class PermissionCheckbox extends React.Component<Props> {
+  render() {
+    const { t } = this.props;
+    return (<Checkbox
+      key={this.props.name}
+      name={this.props.name}
+      helpText={t("verbs.repository." + this.props.name + ".description")}
+      label={t("verbs.repository." + this.props.name + ".displayName")}
+      checked={this.props.checked}
+      onChange={this.props.onChange}
+    />);
+  }
+}
+
+export default translate("plugins")(PermissionCheckbox);
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/repos/permissions/containers/AdvancedPermissionsDialog.js b/scm-ui/src/repos/permissions/containers/AdvancedPermissionsDialog.js
index 7c7e4186fa..41eb4c4743 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/repos/permissions/containers/AdvancedPermissionsDialog.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/repos/permissions/containers/AdvancedPermissionsDialog.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 // @flow
 
 import React from "react";
-import { Button, Checkbox, SubmitButton } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
+import { Button, SubmitButton } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
 import { translate } from "react-i18next";
+import PermissionCheckbox from "../components/PermissionCheckbox";
 
 type Props = {
   availableVerbs: string[],
@@ -35,10 +36,8 @@ class AdvancedPermissionsDialog extends React.Component<Props, State> {
     const { verbs } = this.state;
 
     const verbSelectBoxes = Object.entries(verbs).map(e => (
-      <Checkbox
-        key={e[0]}
+      <PermissionCheckbox
         name={e[0]}
-        label={e[0]}
         checked={e[1]}
         onChange={this.handleChange}
       />
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json b/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json
index 7c75539005..67f26115dc 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json
@@ -37,5 +37,45 @@
       }
     },
     "unknown": "Unknown permission"
+  },
+  "verbs": {
+    "repository": {
+      "read": {
+        "displayName": "read",
+        "description": "May see the repository inside the SCM-Manager"
+      },
+      "modify": {
+        "displayName": "modify",
+        "description": "May modify the properties of the repository"
+      },
+      "delete": {
+        "displayName": "delete",
+        "description": "May delete the repository"
+      },
+      "pull": {
+        "displayName": "pull/checkout",
+        "description": "May pull/checkout the repository"
+      },
+      "push": {
+        "displayName": "push/commit",
+        "description": "May change the content of the repository (push/commit)"
+      },
+      "permissionRead": {
+        "displayName": "read permissions",
+        "description": "May see the permissions of the repository"
+      },
+      "permissionWrite": {
+        "displayName": "modify permissions",
+        "description": "May modify the permissions of the repository"
+      },
+      "healthCheck": {
+        "displayName": "health check",
+        "description": "May run the health check for the repository"
+      },
+      "*": {
+        "displayName": "overall",
+        "description": "May change everything for the repository (includes all other permissions)"
+      }
+    }
   }
 }