diff --git a/scm-ui/public/locales/en/users.json b/scm-ui/public/locales/en/users.json
index f1d71d8efc..07540134be 100644
--- a/scm-ui/public/locales/en/users.json
+++ b/scm-ui/public/locales/en/users.json
@@ -51,5 +51,14 @@
     "password-invalid": "Password has to be between 6 and 32 characters",
     "passwordValidation-invalid": "Passwords have to be the same",
     "validatePassword": "Please validate password here"
+  },
+  "help": {
+    "usernameHelpText": "Unique name of the user.",
+    "displayNameHelpText": "Display name of the user.",
+    "mailHelpText": "Email address of the user.",
+    "passwordHelpText": "Plain text password of the user.",
+    "passwordConfirmHelpText": "Repeat the password for validation.",
+    "adminHelpText": "An administrator is able to create, modify and delete repositories, groups and users.",
+    "activeHelpText": "Activate or deactive the user."
   }
 }
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/users/components/UserForm.js b/scm-ui/src/users/components/UserForm.js
index 3e33dcffea..80ade5e070 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/users/components/UserForm.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/users/components/UserForm.js
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class UserForm extends React.Component<Props, State> {
           value={user ? user.name : ""}
           validationError={this.state.nameValidationError}
           errorMessage={t("validation.name-invalid")}
+          helpText={t("help.usernameHelpText")}
         />
       );
     }
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ class UserForm extends React.Component<Props, State> {
           value={user ? user.displayName : ""}
           validationError={this.state.displayNameValidationError}
           errorMessage={t("validation.displayname-invalid")}
+          helpText={t("help.displayNameHelpText")}
         />
         <InputField
           label={t("user.mail")}
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ class UserForm extends React.Component<Props, State> {
           value={user ? user.mail : ""}
           validationError={this.state.mailValidationError}
           errorMessage={t("validation.mail-invalid")}
+          helpText={t("help.mailHelpText")}
         />
         <InputField
           label={t("user.password")}
@@ -124,6 +127,7 @@ class UserForm extends React.Component<Props, State> {
           value={user ? user.password : ""}
           validationError={this.state.validatePasswordError}
           errorMessage={t("validation.password-invalid")}
+          helpText={t("help.passwordHelpText")}
         />
         <InputField
           label={t("validation.validatePassword")}
@@ -132,16 +136,19 @@ class UserForm extends React.Component<Props, State> {
           value={this.state ? this.state.validatePassword : ""}
           validationError={this.state.passwordValidationError}
           errorMessage={t("validation.passwordValidation-invalid")}
+          helpText={t("help.passwordConfirmHelpText")}
         />
         <Checkbox
           label={t("user.admin")}
           onChange={this.handleAdminChange}
           checked={user ? user.admin : false}
+          helpText={t("help.adminHelpText")}
         />
         <Checkbox
           label={t("user.active")}
           onChange={this.handleActiveChange}
           checked={user ? user.active : false}
+          helpText={t("help.activeHelpText")}
         />
         <SubmitButton
           disabled={!this.isValid()}