diff --git a/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/popover/tab/keypress/keypress-tab.component.html b/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/popover/tab/keypress/keypress-tab.component.html
index fe405ea9..72cf7b63 100644
--- a/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/popover/tab/keypress/keypress-tab.component.html
+++ b/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/popover/tab/keypress/keypress-tab.component.html
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
             [width]="200"
             [options]="options"
     ></select2>
+    <icon name="question-circle"
+          data-toggle="tooltip"
+          title="Looking for a non-US character, but can't find it? Please note that USB keyboards send scancodes, not characters to your computer. Your operating system translates the scancodes to characters according to your actual OS keyboard layout. This means that you have to select the US-equivalent character of the desired key in Agent."
+          data-placement="bottom"></icon>
     <capture-keystroke-button (capture)="onKeysCapture($event)" tabindex="0"></capture-keystroke-button>
 </div>
 <div class="modifier-options">
diff --git a/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/popover/tab/keypress/keypress-tab.component.scss b/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/popover/tab/keypress/keypress-tab.component.scss
index 74813846..795cbd2b 100644
--- a/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/popover/tab/keypress/keypress-tab.component.scss
+++ b/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/popover/tab/keypress/keypress-tab.component.scss
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
             position: relative;
             top: 2px;
         }
+
+        icon {
+            display: inline-block;
+        };
     }
 
     .modifier-options {