diff --git a/airlock/forms.py b/airlock/forms.py
index 93f00fc1..6827cc62 100644
--- a/airlock/forms.py
+++ b/airlock/forms.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django import forms
 from django.forms.formsets import BaseFormSet, formset_factory
+from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 
 from airlock.enums import RequestFileType, Visibility
 from airlock.models import FileGroup
@@ -124,8 +125,36 @@ def clean(self):
 
 
 class GroupEditForm(forms.Form):
-    context = forms.CharField(required=False)
-    controls = forms.CharField(required=False)
+    context = forms.CharField(
+        required=False,
+        help_text=mark_safe(
+            """
+            <div class="c2-help">
+            Please describe the contents of these outputs to help reviewers. This includes:
+            <ul style="margin-top: 0;">
+                <li>Variable descriptions</li>
+                <li>A description and count of the underlying population for each output if it is not included in the output.</li>
+                <li>Specify population size and degrees of freedom for all regression outputs.</li>
+                <li>Relationship to other data/tables which through combination may introduce secondary disclosive risks.</li>
+            </ul>
+            </div>
+            """
+        ),
+    )
+    controls = forms.CharField(
+        required=False,
+        help_text=mark_safe(
+            """
+            <div class="c2-help">
+            Please describe the statistical disclosure controls you have applied to these outputs. This includes:
+            <ul>
+                <li>The threshold used for low number suppression.</li>
+                <li>The rounding approach used.</li>
+            </ul>
+            </div>
+            """
+        ),
+    )
 
     @classmethod
     def from_filegroup(cls, filegroup: FileGroup, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/airlock/templates/file_browser/request/filegroup.html b/airlock/templates/file_browser/request/filegroup.html
index b1fdbabd..ea50d8d6 100644
--- a/airlock/templates/file_browser/request/filegroup.html
+++ b/airlock/templates/file_browser/request/filegroup.html
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
   .comments .comment_blinded {
     background-color: darkgrey;
   }
+
+  .c2-help {
+    line-height: 1.6;
+    font-size: small;
+  }
+
 </style>
 {% #card title=group.title container=True class="group_modal" %}
   <div data-testid="c3">
@@ -13,10 +19,11 @@
       {% csrf_token %}
       <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; width: 100%; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 1rem;">
         <div style="display: flex: flex-direction: column; flex-basis: 100%; flex: 1;">
-          {% form_textarea field=group.c2_edit_form.context show_placeholder=True resize=True placeholder="Describe the data to be released in this group of files" class="w-full max-w-lg mx-auto" rows=6 disabled=group.c2_readonly readonly=group.c2_readonly %}
+
+          {% form_textarea field=group.c2_edit_form.context resize=True hint_below=True show_placeholder=True placeholder="Describe the data to be released in this group of files" class="w-full max-w-lg mx-auto" rows=6 disabled=group.c2_readonly readonly=group.c2_readonly %}
         </div>
         <div style="display: flex: flex-direction: column; flex-basis: 100%; flex: 1; gap: 1rem;">
-          {% form_textarea field=group.c2_edit_form.controls resize=True show_placeholder=True placeholder="Describe the disclosure controls that have been applied to these files" class="w-full max-w-lg mx-auto" rows=6 disabled=group.c2_readonly readonly=group.c2_readonly %}
+          {% form_textarea field=group.c2_edit_form.controls resize=True hint_below=True show_placeholder=True placeholder="Describe the disclosure controls that have been applied to these files" class="w-full max-w-lg mx-auto" rows=6 disabled=group.c2_readonly readonly=group.c2_readonly %}
         </div>
       </div>
       {% if not group.c2_readonly %}