diff --git a/src/Form/PatternEditForm.php b/src/Form/PatternEditForm.php
index 8e555e2..d68dc95 100644
--- a/src/Form/PatternEditForm.php
+++ b/src/Form/PatternEditForm.php
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ class PatternEditForm extends EntityForm {
       '#maxlength' => 255,
       '#default_value' => $this->entity->label(),
       '#required' => TRUE,
+      '#description' => $this->t('A short name to help you identify this pattern in the patterns list. If only one content type is selected, then its name (maybe associated with the language it applies to) would be a good name.'),
     );
 
     $form['id'] = array(