diff --git a/netbox/dns/forms.py b/netbox/dns/forms.py
index 2b2ded7c9..6ac1f3c2a 100644
--- a/netbox/dns/forms.py
+++ b/netbox/dns/forms.py
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ class ZoneForm(forms.ModelForm, BootstrapMixin):
 			'soa_expire': 'SOA Expire',
 			'soa_minimum': 'SOA Minimum',
 		}
+		help_texts = {
+			'ttl': "Time to live, in seconds",
+			'soa_name': "The primary name server for the domain, @ for origin",
+			'soa_contact': "The responsible party for the domain (e.g. ns.foo.net. noc.foo.net.)",
+			'soa_serial': "Serial string in SOA record (e.g. 2016071401)",
+			'soa_refresh': "Refresh time, in seconds",
+			'soa_retry': "Retry time, in seconds",
+			'soa_expire': "Expire time, in seconds",
+			'soa_minimum': "Negative result TTL, in seconds"
+		}
 
 class ZoneFromCSVForm(forms.ModelForm):
 
@@ -69,6 +79,14 @@ class RecordForm(forms.ModelForm, BootstrapMixin):
 		labels = {
 			'record_type': 'Type',
 		}
+		help_texts = {
+			'name': 'Host name, @ for origin (e.g. www)',
+			'record_type': 'Record type (e.g. MX or AAAA)',
+			'priority': 'Priority level (e.g. 10)',
+			'zone': 'Zone the record belongs to',
+			'address': 'IP address if value is an IP address, in AAAA records for instance',
+			'value': 'Text value else, in CNAME records for instance'
+		}
 
 class RecordFromCSVForm(forms.ModelForm):
 
diff --git a/netbox/templates/dns/record_import.html b/netbox/templates/dns/record_import.html
index bb39e3e4f..013ac4a37 100644
--- a/netbox/templates/dns/record_import.html
+++ b/netbox/templates/dns/record_import.html
@@ -30,32 +30,32 @@
 			<tbody>
 				<tr>
 					<td>Zone name</td>
-					<td>Name of zone</td>
+					<td>Name of the zone the record belongs to</td>
 					<td>foo.net</td>
 				</tr>
 				<tr>
 					<td>Name</td>
-					<td>Name of record, @ for origin</td>
+					<td>Host name, @ for origin</td>
 					<td>www</td>
 				</tr>
 				<tr>
 					<td>Type</td>
-					<td>Type of record</td>
+					<td>Record type</td>
 					<td>AAAA</td>
 				</tr>
 				<tr>
 					<td>Priority</td>
-					<td>Priority level of record (optional)</td>
+					<td>Priority level (optional)</td>
 					<td>30</td>
 				</tr>
 				<tr>
 					<td>Address</td>
-					<td>IP address value</td>
+					<td>IP address if value is an IP address, in AAAA records for instance</td>
 					<td>192.168.1.110/16</td>
 				</tr>
 				<tr>
 					<td>Value</td>
-					<td>Text value, for CNAME records for instance</td>
+					<td>Text value else, in CNAME records for instance</td>
 					<td>foo.net</td>
 				</tr>
 			</tbody>
diff --git a/netbox/templates/dns/zone_import.html b/netbox/templates/dns/zone_import.html
index 5457144cb..7900743e5 100644
--- a/netbox/templates/dns/zone_import.html
+++ b/netbox/templates/dns/zone_import.html
@@ -40,37 +40,37 @@
 				</tr>
 				<tr>
 					<td>SOA Name</td>
-					<td>SOA name field, @ for origin</td>
+					<td>The primary name server for the domain, @ for origin</td>
 					<td>@</td>
 				</tr>
 				<tr>
 					<td>SOA Contact</td>
-					<td>SOA contact field</td>
+					<td>The responsible party for the domain</td>
 					<td>ns.foo.net. noc.foo.net.</td>
 				</tr>
 				<tr>
 					<td>SOA Serial</td>
-					<td>Serial code of zone (string)</td>
+					<td>Serial string in SOA record</td>
 					<td>2016070401</td>
 				</tr>
 				<tr>
 					<td>SOA Refresh</td>
-					<td>SOA refresh time field, in seconds</td>
+					<td>Refresh time, in seconds</td>
 					<td>3600</td>
 				</tr>
 				<tr>
 					<td>SOA Retry</td>
-					<td>SOA retry time field, in seconds</td>
+					<td>Retry time, in seconds</td>
 					<td>3600</td>
 				</tr>
 				<tr>
 					<td>SOA Expire</td>
-					<td>SOA expire time field, in seconds</td>
+					<td>Expire time, in seconds</td>
 					<td>604800</td>
 				</tr>
 				<tr>
 					<td>SOA Minimum</td>
-					<td>SOA minimum time field, in seconds</td>
+					<td>Negative result TTL, in seconds</td>
 					<td>1800</td>
 				</tr>
 			</tbody>