diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos/repo_edit.html b/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos/repo_edit.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos/repo_edit.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos/repo_edit.html
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 	           </div>
 	           <div class="input">
 	               ${h.text('clone_uri',class_="medium")}
+                 <span class="help-block">${_('Optional http[s] url from which repository should be cloned.')}</span>
 	           </div>
 	        </div>
 	        <div class="field">
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
 	            </div>
 	            <div class="input">
 	                ${h.select('repo_group','',c.repo_groups,class_="medium")}
+                    <span class="help-block">${_('Optional select a group to put this repository into.')}</span>
 	            </div>
 	        </div>
             <div class="field">
@@ -64,16 +66,18 @@
                     <label for="description">${_('Description')}:</label>
                 </div>
                 <div class="textarea text-area editor">
-                    ${h.textarea('description',cols=23,rows=5)}
+                    ${h.textarea('description')}
+                    <span class="help-block">${_('Keep it short and to the point. Use a README file for longer descriptions.')}</span>
                 </div>
             </div>
 
             <div class="field">
                 <div class="label label-checkbox">
-                    <label for="private">${_('Private')}:</label>
+                    <label for="private">${_('Private repository')}:</label>
                 </div>
                 <div class="checkboxes">
                     ${h.checkbox('private',value="True")}
+                    <span class="help-block">${_('Private repositories are only visible to people explicitly added as collaborators.')}</span>
                 </div>
             </div>
             <div class="field">
@@ -82,6 +86,7 @@
                 </div>
                 <div class="checkboxes">
                     ${h.checkbox('enable_statistics',value="True")}
+                    <span class="help-block">${_('Enable statistics window on summary page.')}</span>
                 </div>
             </div>
             <div class="field">
@@ -90,15 +95,17 @@
                 </div>
                 <div class="checkboxes">
                     ${h.checkbox('enable_downloads',value="True")}
+                    <span class="help-block">${_('Enable download menu on summary page.')}</span>
                 </div>
             </div>
             <div class="field">
                 <div class="label">
                     <label for="user">${_('Owner')}:</label>
                 </div>
-                <div class="input input-small ac">
+                <div class="input input-medium ac">
                     <div class="perm_ac">
                        ${h.text('user',class_='yui-ac-input')}
+                       <span class="help-block">${_('Change owner of this repository.')}</span>
                        <div id="owner_container"></div>
                     </div>
                 </div>