diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/patron-attr-types.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/patron-attr-types.tt
index bc91ae1365..c90046e057 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/patron-attr-types.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/patron-attr-types.tt
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
             <label for="repeatable">Repeatable: </label>
             [% IF attribute_type %]
                 [% IF attribute_type.repeatable AND NOT can_be_set_to_nonrepeatable %]
-                    <input type="checkbox" id="repeatable" name="repeatable" checked="checked" disabled="disabled" />
+                    <input type="checkbox" id="repeatable" name="repeatable" checked="checked" disabled="disabled" title="At least one patron has more than one value for this attribute" />
                     <input type="hidden" name="repeatable" value="1" />
                 [% ELSIF attribute_type.repeatable %]
                     <input type="checkbox" id="repeatable" name="repeatable" checked="checked" />
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
                 [% ELSIF can_be_set_to_unique %]
                     <input type="checkbox" id="unique_id" name="unique_id" />
                 [% ELSE %]
-                    <input type="checkbox" id="unique_id" name="unique_id" disabled="disabled" />
+                    <input type="checkbox" id="unique_id" name="unique_id" disabled="disabled" title="At least two patrons have the same value for this attribute" />
                     <input type="hidden" name="unique_id" value="0" />
                 [% END %]
             [% ELSE %]