diff --git a/app/views/artists/_form.html.erb b/app/views/artists/_form.html.erb
index 7ae80753f..931ac2d19 100644
--- a/app/views/artists/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/artists/_form.html.erb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       <p><%= @artist.name %></p>
     <% end %>
   </div>
-  <%= f.input :other_names_string, :hint => "Separate with spaces", :as => :text, :label => "Other names" %>
+  <%= f.input :other_names_string, label: "Other names", as: :text, hint: '<b style="color: red;">NEW</b> Separate names with spaces, not commas. Use underscores for spaces inside names.'.html_safe %>
   <%= f.input :group_name %>
   <%= f.input :url_string, :label => "URLs", :as => :text, :input_html => {:size => "50x5", :value => params.dig(:artist, :url_string) || @artist.urls.join("\n")}, :hint => "You can prefix a URL with - to mark it as dead." %>