diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/HostToggle/HostToggle.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/components/HostToggle/HostToggle.jsx
index 43452ee3f0..638ccb2347 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/components/HostToggle/HostToggle.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/components/HostToggle/HostToggle.jsx
@@ -8,7 +8,18 @@ import ErrorDetail from '../ErrorDetail';
 import useRequest from '../../util/useRequest';
 import { HostsAPI } from '../../api';
 
-function HostToggle({ host, isDisabled = false, onToggle, className, i18n }) {
+function HostToggle({
+  i18n,
+  className,
+  host,
+  isDisabled = false,
+  onToggle,
+  tooltip = i18n._(
+    t`Indicates if a host is available and should be included in running
+    jobs.  For hosts that are part of an external inventory, this may be
+    reset by the inventory sync process.`
+  ),
+}) {
   const [isEnabled, setIsEnabled] = useState(host.enabled);
   const [showError, setShowError] = useState(false);
 
@@ -39,14 +50,7 @@ function HostToggle({ host, isDisabled = false, onToggle, className, i18n }) {
 
   return (
     <Fragment>
-      <Tooltip
-        content={i18n._(
-          t`Indicates if a host is available and should be included in running
-          jobs.  For hosts that are part of an external inventory, this may be
-          reset by the inventory sync process.`
-        )}
-        position="top"
-      >
+      <Tooltip content={tooltip} position="top">
         <Switch
           className={className}
           css="display: inline-flex;"
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Inventory/SmartInventoryHosts/SmartInventoryHostListItem.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Inventory/SmartInventoryHosts/SmartInventoryHostListItem.jsx
index 960218206b..72fb90079b 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Inventory/SmartInventoryHosts/SmartInventoryHostListItem.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Inventory/SmartInventoryHosts/SmartInventoryHostListItem.jsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { string, bool, func } from 'prop-types';
 import { withI18n } from '@lingui/react';
-import { t } from '@lingui/macro';
+import { t, Trans } from '@lingui/macro';
 import 'styled-components/macro';
 
 import {
@@ -67,7 +67,19 @@ function SmartInventoryHostListItem({
           aria-labelledby={labelId}
           id={labelId}
         >
-          <HostToggle isDisabled host={host} />
+          <HostToggle
+            isDisabled
+            host={host}
+            tooltip={
+              <Trans>
+                <b>Smart inventory hosts are read-only.</b>
+                <br />
+                Toggle indicates if a host is available and should be included
+                in running jobs. For hosts that are part of an external
+                inventory, this may be reset by the inventory sync process.
+              </Trans>
+            }
+          />
         </DataListAction>
       </DataListItemRow>
     </DataListItem>