diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/inventories-hosts/inventories/related/sources/sources.form.js b/awx/ui/client/src/inventories-hosts/inventories/related/sources/sources.form.js
index c49904b2e3..66b6693d58 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/inventories-hosts/inventories/related/sources/sources.form.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/inventories-hosts/inventories/related/sources/sources.form.js
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ export default ['NotificationsList', 'i18n', function(NotificationsList, i18n){
                 type: 'text',
                 dataTitle: i18n._('Host Filter'),
                 dataPlacement: 'right',
-                awPopOver: "<p>" + i18n._("Regular expression where only matching hosts will be imported.") + "</p>",
+                awPopOver: "<p>" + i18n._("Regular expression where only matching host names will be imported. The filter is applied as a post-processing step after any inventory plugin filters are applied.") + "</p>",
                 dataContainer: 'body',
                 ngDisabled: '!(inventory_source_obj.summary_fields.user_capabilities.edit || canAdd)',
                 subForm: 'sourceSubForm'
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ export default ['NotificationsList', 'i18n', function(NotificationsList, i18n){
                 type: 'text',
                 dataTitle: i18n._('Enabled Value'),
                 dataPlacement: 'right',
-                awPopOver: "<p>" + i18n._("If the enabled variable matches this value, the host will be enabled on import.") + "</p>",
+                awPopOver: "<p>" + i18n._("This field is ignored unless an Enabled Variable is set. If the enabled variable matches this value, the host will be enabled on import.") + "</p>",
                 dataContainer: 'body',
                 ngDisabled: '!(inventory_source_obj.summary_fields.user_capabilities.edit || canAdd)',
                 subForm: 'sourceSubForm'
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Inventory/shared/InventorySourceSubForms/SharedFields.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Inventory/shared/InventorySourceSubForms/SharedFields.jsx
index 14e0bbd896..8150a9a45f 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Inventory/shared/InventorySourceSubForms/SharedFields.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Inventory/shared/InventorySourceSubForms/SharedFields.jsx
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export const EnabledValueField = withI18n()(({ i18n }) => {
       id="inventory-enabled-value"
       label={i18n._(t`Enabled Value`)}
       tooltip={i18n._(
-        t`If the enabled variable matches this value, the host will be enabled on import.`
+        t`This field is ignored unless an Enabled Variable is set. If the enabled variable matches this value, the host will be enabled on import.`
       )}
       name="enabled_value"
       type="text"
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export const HostFilterField = withI18n()(({ i18n }) => {
       id="host-filter"
       label={i18n._(t`Host Filter`)}
       tooltip={i18n._(
-        t`Regular expression where only matching hosts will be imported.`
+        t`Regular expression where only matching host names will be imported. The filter is applied as a post-processing step after any inventory plugin filters are applied.`
       )}
       name="host_filter"
       type="text"