diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/Ajax/Ajax.php b/lib/Froxlor/Ajax/Ajax.php
index 4fa57aee..073af4ab 100644
--- a/lib/Froxlor/Ajax/Ajax.php
+++ b/lib/Froxlor/Ajax/Ajax.php
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ class Ajax
 				return $this->getConfigDetails();
 			case 'getConfigJsonExport':
 				return $this->getConfigJsonExport();
+			case 'loadLanguageString':
+				return $this->loadLanguageString();
 			default:
 				return $this->errorResponse('Action not found!');
 		}
@@ -344,4 +346,16 @@ class Ajax
 		}
 		return $this->errorResponse('Not allowed', 403);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * loads a given language string by its identifier
+	 */
+	private function loadLanguageString()
+	{
+		$langid = isset($_POST['langid']) ? $_POST['langid'] : "";
+		if (preg_match('/^([a-zA-Z\.]+)$/', $langid)) {
+			return $this->jsonResponse(lng($langid));
+		}
+		return $this->errorResponse('Invalid identifier: ' . $langid, 406);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/formfields/formfield.dns_add.php b/lib/formfields/formfield.dns_add.php
index 0528c199..b7c07da0 100644
--- a/lib/formfields/formfield.dns_add.php
+++ b/lib/formfields/formfield.dns_add.php
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ return [
 					'dns_content' => [
 						'label' => 'Content',
 						'type' => 'text',
-						'value' => $content
+						'value' => $content,
+						'note' => lng('dnseditor.notes.A')
 					],
 					'dns_ttl' => [
 						'label' => 'TTL',
diff --git a/lng/en.lng.php b/lng/en.lng.php
index fb38af24..9dee0886 100644
--- a/lng/en.lng.php
+++ b/lng/en.lng.php
@@ -897,6 +897,25 @@ return [
 	'dnseditor' => [
 		'edit' => 'edit DNS',
 		'records' => 'records',
+		'notes' => [
+			'A' => '32-bit IPv4 address, used to map hostnames to an IP address of the host.',
+			'AAAA' => '128-bit IPv6 address, used to map hostnames to an IP address of the host.',
+			'CAA' => 'The CAA resource record allows a DNS domain name holder to specify one or more Certification Authorities (CAs) authorized to issue certificates for that domain.<br>Structure: <code>flag tag[issue|issuewild|iodef|contactmail|contactphone] value</code><br>Example: <code>0 issue "ca.example.net"<br>0 iodef "mailto:security@example.com"</code>',
+			'CNAME' => 'Alias of the domain name, the DNS lookup will continue by retrying the lookup with the new name. Only possible for subdomains!',
+			'DNAME' => 'Creates an alias for an entire subtree of the domain name tree',
+			'LOC' => 'Geographic location information for a domain name.<br>Structure: <code>( d1 [m1 [s1]] {"N"|"S"} d2 [m2 [s2]] {"E"|"W"} alt["m"] [siz["m"] [hp["m"] [vp["m"]]]] )</code><br>Description: <code>d1:     [0 .. 90]            (degrees latitude)
+			d2:     [0 .. 180]           (degrees longitude)
+			m1, m2: [0 .. 59]            (minutes latitude/longitude)
+			s1, s2: [0 .. 59.999]        (seconds latitude/longitude)
+			alt:    [-100000.00 .. 42849672.95] BY .01 (altitude in meters)
+			siz, hp, vp: [0 .. 90000000.00] (size/precision in meters)</code><br>Example: <code>52 22 23.000 N 4 53 32.000 E -2.00m 0.00m 10000m 10m</code>',
+			'MX' => 'Mail exchange record, maps a domain name to a mailserver for that domain.<br>Example: <code>10 mail.example.com</code><br>Note: For priority, use field above',
+			'NS' => 'Delegates a DNS zone to use the given authoritative name servers.',
+			'RP' => 'Responsible Person record<br>Structure: <code>mailbox[replace @ with a dot] txt-record-name</code><br>Example: <code>team.froxlor.org. froxlor.org.</code>',
+			'SRV' => 'Service location record, used for newer protocols instead of creating protocol-specific records such as MX.<br>Structure: <code>priority weight port target</code><br>Example: <code>0 5 5060 sipserver.example.com.</code><br>Note: For priority, use field above',
+			'SSHFP' => 'The SSHFP resource record is used to publish secure shell (SSH) key fingerprints in the DNS.<br>Structure: <code>algorithm type fingerprint</code><br>Algorithms: <code>0: reserved, 1: RSA, 2: DSA, 3: ECDSA, 4: Ed25519, 6: Ed448</code><br>Types: <code>0: reserved, 1: SHA-1, 2: SHA-256</code><br>Example: <code>2 1 123456789abcdef67890123456789abcdef67890</code>',
+			'TXT' => 'Free definable, descriptive text.'
+		]
 	],
 	'domain' => [
 		'openbasedirpath' => 'OpenBasedir-path',
diff --git a/templates/Froxlor/form/formfields.html.twig b/templates/Froxlor/form/formfields.html.twig
index eae300a0..5fa944d4 100644
--- a/templates/Froxlor/form/formfields.html.twig
+++ b/templates/Froxlor/form/formfields.html.twig
@@ -137,9 +137,6 @@
 		{% if field.type == 'hidden' and field.display is defined %}
 			<input type="text" readonly class="form-control-plaintext" value="{{ field.display }}">
 		{% endif %}
-		{% if field.note is defined and field.note is not empty %}
-			<div class="invalid-feedback">{{ field.note|raw }}</div>
-		{% endif %}
 		{% if field.next_to is defined %}
 			{% for nid, nfield in field.next_to %}
 				{% if nfield.next_to_prefix is defined %}
diff --git a/templates/Froxlor/src/js/components/dnseditor.js b/templates/Froxlor/src/js/components/dnseditor.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd062f5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/Froxlor/src/js/components/dnseditor.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+$(function () {
+
+	// Display helptext to content box according to dns-record type selected
+	$("select[name='dns_type']").on('change', function () {
+		var selVal = $(this).val();
+		$.ajax({
+			url: "lib/ajax.php?action=loadLanguageString",
+			type: "POST",
+			dataType: "json",
+			data: { langid: 'dnseditor.notes.' + selVal },
+			success: function (data) {
+				$("#dns_content").next().html(data);
+			},
+			error: function (request, status, error) {
+				console.log(request, status, error)
+			}
+		});
+	});
+});
diff --git a/templates/Froxlor/src/js/main.js b/templates/Froxlor/src/js/main.js
index ed895581..4afc92b1 100644
--- a/templates/Froxlor/src/js/main.js
+++ b/templates/Froxlor/src/js/main.js
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ require('./components/domains')
 require('./components/configfiles')
 require('./components/apikeys')
 require('./components/install')
+require('./components/dnseditor')