diff --git a/awx/ui/client/legacy-styles/ansible-ui.less b/awx/ui/client/legacy-styles/ansible-ui.less
index 09ffa992b6..ef19b69111 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/legacy-styles/ansible-ui.less
+++ b/awx/ui/client/legacy-styles/ansible-ui.less
@@ -1092,6 +1092,7 @@ input[type="checkbox"].checkbox-no-label {
   .icon-job-stopped:before,
   .icon-job-error:before,
   .icon-job-canceled:before,
+  .icon-job-stdout-download-tooltip:before,
   .icon-job-unreachable:before {
       content: "\f06a";
   }
@@ -1129,6 +1130,7 @@ input[type="checkbox"].checkbox-no-label {
   .icon-job-stopped,
   .icon-job-error,
   .icon-job-failed,
+  .icon-job-stdout-download-tooltip,
   .icon-job-canceled {
       color: @red;
   }
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.block.less b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.block.less
index 55d9446c82..be8e330693 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.block.less
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.block.less
@@ -201,3 +201,13 @@ job-results-standard-out {
 .JobResults .CodeMirror-cursors {
     display: none;
 }
+
+.JobResults-downloadTooLarge {
+    display: flex;
+}
+
+.JobResults-downloadTooLarge--icon {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+}
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.controller.js
index 30da9d4ea9..92d311a204 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.controller.js
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-export default ['jobData', 'jobDataOptions', 'jobLabels', 'jobFinished', 'count', '$scope', 'ParseTypeChange', 'ParseVariableString', 'jobResultsService', 'eventQueue', '$compile', '$log', 'Dataset', '$q', 'Rest', '$state', 'QuerySet', '$rootScope', 'moment',
-function(jobData, jobDataOptions, jobLabels, jobFinished, count, $scope, ParseTypeChange, ParseVariableString, jobResultsService, eventQueue, $compile, $log, Dataset, $q, Rest, $state, QuerySet, $rootScope, moment) {
+export default ['jobData', 'jobDataOptions', 'jobLabels', 'jobFinished', 'count', '$scope', 'ParseTypeChange', 'ParseVariableString', 'jobResultsService', 'eventQueue', '$compile', '$log', 'Dataset', '$q', 'Rest', '$state', 'QuerySet', '$rootScope', 'moment', 'i18n',
+function(jobData, jobDataOptions, jobLabels, jobFinished, count, $scope, ParseTypeChange, ParseVariableString, jobResultsService, eventQueue, $compile, $log, Dataset, $q, Rest, $state, QuerySet, $rootScope, moment, i18n) {
     var toDestroy = [];
     var cancelRequests = false;
 
+    // download stdout tooltip text
+    $scope.standardOutTooltip = i18n._('Download Output');
+
     // this allows you to manage the timing of rest-call based events as
     // filters are updated.  see processPage for more info
     var currentContext = 1;
@@ -449,6 +452,16 @@ function(jobData, jobDataOptions, jobLabels, jobFinished, count, $scope, ParseTy
                 $(".header_task").hide();
                 $(".header_play").hide();
                 $scope.tooManyEvents = true;
+                $scope.standardOutTooltip = '<div class="JobResults-downloadTooLarge"><div>' +
+                    i18n._('The output is too large to display. Please download.') +
+                    '</div>' +
+                    '<div class="JobResults-downloadTooLarge--icon">' +
+                    '<span class="fa-stack fa-lg">' +
+                    '<i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-1x"></i>' +
+                    '<i class="fa fa-stack-1x icon-job-stdout-download-tooltip"></i>' +
+                    '</span>' +
+                    '</div>' +
+                    '</div>';
             } else {
                 $(".header_task").show();
                 $(".header_play").show();
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.partial.html b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.partial.html
index 16fc0bf3c0..58e272189c 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.partial.html
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.partial.html
@@ -488,7 +488,8 @@
                             job.status === 'canceled'"
                             href="/api/v1/jobs/{{ job.id }}/stdout?format=txt_download">
                             <button class="StandardOut-actionButton"
-                                aw-tool-tip="Download Output"
+                                aw-tool-tip="{{ standardOutTooltip }}"
+                                data-tip-watch="standardOutTooltip"
                                 data-placement="top">
                                 <i class="fa fa-download"></i>
                             </button>
diff --git a/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/job-results.controller-test.js b/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/job-results.controller-test.js
index aec74d8edc..f3ef4f822d 100644
--- a/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/job-results.controller-test.js
+++ b/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/job-results.controller-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ describe('Controller: jobResultsController', () => {
     // Setup
     let jobResultsController;
 
-    let jobData, jobDataOptions, jobLabels, jobFinished, count, $scope, ParseTypeChange, ParseVariableString, jobResultsService, eventQueue, $compile, eventResolve, populateResolve, $rScope, q, $log, Dataset, Rest, $state, QuerySet;
+    let jobData, jobDataOptions, jobLabels, jobFinished, count, $scope, ParseTypeChange, ParseVariableString, jobResultsService, eventQueue, $compile, eventResolve, populateResolve, $rScope, q, $log, Dataset, Rest, $state, QuerySet, i18n;
 
     jobData = {
         related: {}
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ describe('Controller: jobResultsController', () => {
                 'encodeQueryset'
             ]);
 
+            i18n = {
+                _: function(txt) {
+                    return txt;
+                }
+            };
+
             $provide.value('jobData', jobData);
             $provide.value('jobDataOptions', jobDataOptions);
             $provide.value('jobLabels', jobLabels);
@@ -71,6 +77,7 @@ describe('Controller: jobResultsController', () => {
             $provide.value('Rest', Rest);
             $provide.value('$state', $state);
             $provide.value('QuerySet', QuerySet);
+            $provide.value('i18n', i18n);
         });
     };