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title: "Help text form element"
date: "2017-11-13T08:01:34+00:00"
summary: "Enhance your Site Studio components with clear, helpful instructions using the Help text form element. Learn how to add guidance for content editors, improving usability and efficiency in your Drupal-powered website."
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Use the Help text form element to add help text to your Component form. For more information, see [Create an editable component](/drupal-starter-kits/add-ons/site-studio/create-component "Create an editable component").

Important

The Help text form element simply adds a block of text where you place it within your form. You can use it below fields to help editors know how to use a field.

Locating the help text form element
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To find the Help text form element:

1.  Navigate to a component
2.  Click the **+ button** on the Component form builder
3.  Within the Fields tab, look for the Help text form element.

![22efa786-help-text.png](https://acquia.widen.net/content/d2b2e504-b30b-4c8d-b87e-430cd9d6bfd4/web/22efa786-help-text.png)

The Help text form element includes the following fields:

Title field
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*   Provide a name for the form element. **This does not show on the form.**

Help text
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*   **Help text -** Enter your help text to display on your Component form.