diff --git a/src/octoprint/templates/_snippets/settings/webcam/webcamSnapshotUrl.jinja2 b/src/octoprint/templates/_snippets/settings/webcam/webcamSnapshotUrl.jinja2
index b0b7ae61..da33fc48 100644
--- a/src/octoprint/templates/_snippets/settings/webcam/webcamSnapshotUrl.jinja2
+++ b/src/octoprint/templates/_snippets/settings/webcam/webcamSnapshotUrl.jinja2
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
             <input type="text" class="input-block-level" data-bind="value: webcam_snapshotUrl, valueUpdate: 'afterkeydown'" id="settings-webcamSnapshotUrl">
             <button class="btn" type="button" data-bind="click: testWebcamSnapshotUrl, enable: webcam_snapshotUrl(), css: {disabled: !webcam_snapshotUrl()}">{{ _('Test') }}</button>
         </div>
+        <span class="help-inline">{% trans %}Fully qualified URL, needs to be reachable by OctoPrint's server{% endtrans %}</span>
     </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/src/octoprint/templates/_snippets/settings/webcam/webcamStreamUrl.jinja2 b/src/octoprint/templates/_snippets/settings/webcam/webcamStreamUrl.jinja2
index cc359a1f..a26337fa 100644
--- a/src/octoprint/templates/_snippets/settings/webcam/webcamStreamUrl.jinja2
+++ b/src/octoprint/templates/_snippets/settings/webcam/webcamStreamUrl.jinja2
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
             <input type="text" class="input-block-level" data-bind="value: webcam_streamUrl, valueUpdate: 'afterkeydown'" id="settings-webcamStreamUrl">
             <button class="btn" type="button" data-bind="click: testWebcamStreamUrl, enable: webcam_streamUrl(), css: {disabled: !webcam_streamUrl()}">{{ _('Test') }}</button>
         </div>
+        <span class="help-inline">{% trans %}Needs to be reachable from the browser displaying the OctoPrint UI, used to embed the webcam stream into the page.{% endtrans %}</span>
     </div>
 </div>