diff --git a/frontend/src/Settings/MediaManagement/Naming/NamingModal.js b/frontend/src/Settings/MediaManagement/Naming/NamingModal.js
index f873ec1d9..eec2449cd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Settings/MediaManagement/Naming/NamingModal.js
+++ b/frontend/src/Settings/MediaManagement/Naming/NamingModal.js
@@ -80,19 +80,19 @@ const fileNameTokens = [
 ];
 
 const seriesTokens = [
-  { token: '{Series Title}', example: 'The Series Title\'s!' },
-  { token: '{Series CleanTitle}', example: 'The Series Title\'s!' },
-  { token: '{Series TitleYear}', example: 'The Series Title\'s! (2010)' },
-  { token: '{Series CleanTitleYear}', example: 'The Series Title\'s! 2010' },
-  { token: '{Series TitleWithoutYear}', example: 'The Series Title\'s!' },
-  { token: '{Series CleanTitleWithoutYear}', example: 'The Series Title\'s!' },
-  { token: '{Series TitleThe}', example: 'Series Title\'s!, The' },
-  { token: '{Series CleanTitleThe}', example: 'Series Title\'s!, The' },
-  { token: '{Series TitleTheYear}', example: 'Series Title\'s!, The (2010)' },
-  { token: '{Series CleanTitleTheYear}', example: 'Series Title\'s!, The 2010' },
-  { token: '{Series TitleTheWithoutYear}', example: 'Series Title\'s!, The' },
-  { token: '{Series CleanTitleTheWithoutYear}', example: 'Series Title\'s!, The' },
-  { token: '{Series TitleFirstCharacter}', example: 'S' },
+  { token: '{Series Title}', example: 'The Series Title\'s!', footNote: 1 },
+  { token: '{Series CleanTitle}', example: 'The Series Title\'s!', footNote: 1 },
+  { token: '{Series TitleYear}', example: 'The Series Title\'s! (2010)', footNote: 1 },
+  { token: '{Series CleanTitleYear}', example: 'The Series Title\'s! 2010', footNote: 1 },
+  { token: '{Series TitleWithoutYear}', example: 'The Series Title\'s!', footNote: 1 },
+  { token: '{Series CleanTitleWithoutYear}', example: 'The Series Title\'s!', footNote: 1 },
+  { token: '{Series TitleThe}', example: 'Series Title\'s!, The', footNote: 1 },
+  { token: '{Series CleanTitleThe}', example: 'Series Title\'s!, The', footNote: 1 },
+  { token: '{Series TitleTheYear}', example: 'Series Title\'s!, The (2010)', footNote: 1 },
+  { token: '{Series CleanTitleTheYear}', example: 'Series Title\'s!, The 2010', footNote: 1 },
+  { token: '{Series TitleTheWithoutYear}', example: 'Series Title\'s!, The', footNote: 1 },
+  { token: '{Series CleanTitleTheWithoutYear}', example: 'Series Title\'s!, The', footNote: 1 },
+  { token: '{Series TitleFirstCharacter}', example: 'S', footNote: 1 },
   { token: '{Series Year}', example: '2010' }
 ];
 
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ const absoluteTokens = [
 ];
 
 const episodeTitleTokens = [
-  { token: '{Episode Title}', example: 'Episode\'s Title' },
-  { token: '{Episode CleanTitle}', example: 'Episodes Title' }
+  { token: '{Episode Title}', example: 'Episode\'s Title', footNote: 1 },
+  { token: '{Episode CleanTitle}', example: 'Episodes Title', footNote: 1 }
 ];
 
 const qualityTokens = [
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ const mediaInfoTokens = [
 ];
 
 const otherTokens = [
-  { token: '{Release Group}', example: 'Rls Grp' },
+  { token: '{Release Group}', example: 'Rls Grp', footNote: 1 },
   { token: '{Custom Formats}', example: 'iNTERNAL' },
   { token: '{Custom Format:FormatName}', example: 'AMZN' }
 ];
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class NamingModal extends Component {
             <FieldSet legend={translate('Series')}>
               <div className={styles.groups}>
                 {
-                  seriesTokens.map(({ token, example }) => {
+                  seriesTokens.map(({ token, example, footNote }) => {
                     return (
                       <NamingOption
                         key={token}
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ class NamingModal extends Component {
                         value={value}
                         token={token}
                         example={example}
+                        footNote={footNote}
                         tokenSeparator={tokenSeparator}
                         tokenCase={tokenCase}
                         onPress={this.onOptionPress}
@@ -322,6 +323,11 @@ class NamingModal extends Component {
                   )
                 }
               </div>
+
+              <div className={styles.footNote}>
+                <Icon className={styles.icon} name={icons.FOOTNOTE} />
+                <InlineMarkdown data={translate('SeriesFootNote')} />
+              </div>
             </FieldSet>
 
             <FieldSet legend={translate('SeriesID')}>
@@ -451,7 +457,7 @@ class NamingModal extends Component {
                   <FieldSet legend={translate('EpisodeTitle')}>
                     <div className={styles.groups}>
                       {
-                        episodeTitleTokens.map(({ token, example }) => {
+                        episodeTitleTokens.map(({ token, example, footNote }) => {
                           return (
                             <NamingOption
                               key={token}
@@ -459,6 +465,7 @@ class NamingModal extends Component {
                               value={value}
                               token={token}
                               example={example}
+                              footNote={footNote}
                               tokenSeparator={tokenSeparator}
                               tokenCase={tokenCase}
                               onPress={this.onOptionPress}
@@ -468,6 +475,10 @@ class NamingModal extends Component {
                         )
                       }
                     </div>
+                    <div className={styles.footNote}>
+                      <Icon className={styles.icon} name={icons.FOOTNOTE} />
+                      <InlineMarkdown data={translate('EpisodeTitleFootNote')} />
+                    </div>
                   </FieldSet>
 
                   <FieldSet legend={translate('Quality')}>
@@ -523,7 +534,7 @@ class NamingModal extends Component {
                   <FieldSet legend={translate('Other')}>
                     <div className={styles.groups}>
                       {
-                        otherTokens.map(({ token, example }) => {
+                        otherTokens.map(({ token, example, footNote }) => {
                           return (
                             <NamingOption
                               key={token}
@@ -531,6 +542,7 @@ class NamingModal extends Component {
                               value={value}
                               token={token}
                               example={example}
+                              footNote={footNote}
                               tokenSeparator={tokenSeparator}
                               tokenCase={tokenCase}
                               onPress={this.onOptionPress}
@@ -558,6 +570,11 @@ class NamingModal extends Component {
                         )
                       }
                     </div>
+
+                    <div className={styles.footNote}>
+                      <Icon className={styles.icon} name={icons.FOOTNOTE} />
+                      <InlineMarkdown data={translate('ReleaseGroupFootNote')} />
+                    </div>
                   </FieldSet>
 
                   <FieldSet legend={translate('Original')}>
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Localization/Core/en.json b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Localization/Core/en.json
index 983284b25..b41d10d93 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Localization/Core/en.json
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Localization/Core/en.json
@@ -636,6 +636,7 @@
   "EpisodeRequested": "Episode Requested",
   "EpisodeSearchResultsLoadError": "Unable to load results for this episode search. Try again later",
   "EpisodeTitle": "Episode Title",
+  "EpisodeTitleFootNote": "Optionally control truncation to a maximum number of bytes including ellipsis (`...`). Truncating from the end (e.g. `{Episode Title:30}`) or the beginning (e.g. `{Episode Title:-30}`) are both supported. Episode titles will be automatically truncated to file system limitations if necessary.",
   "EpisodeTitleRequired": "Episode Title Required",
   "EpisodeTitleRequiredHelpText": "Prevent importing for up to 48 hours if the episode title is in the naming format and the episode title is TBA",
   "Episodes": "Episodes",
@@ -1590,6 +1591,7 @@
   "RelativePath": "Relative Path",
   "Release": "Release",
   "ReleaseGroup": "Release Group",
+  "ReleaseGroupFootNote": "Optionally control truncation to a maximum number of bytes including ellipsis (`...`). Truncating from the end (e.g. `{Release Group:30}`) or the beginning (e.g. `{Release Group:-30}`) are both supported.`).",
   "ReleaseGroups": "Release Groups",
   "ReleaseHash": "Release Hash",
   "ReleaseProfile": "Release Profile",
@@ -1780,6 +1782,7 @@
   "SelectSeries": "Select Series",
   "SendAnonymousUsageData": "Send Anonymous Usage Data",
   "Series": "Series",
+  "SeriesFootNote": "Optionally control truncation to a maximum number of bytes including ellipsis (`...`). Truncating from the end (e.g. `{Series Title:30}`) or the beginning (e.g. `{Series Title:-30}`) are both supported.",
   "SeriesAndEpisodeInformationIsProvidedByTheTVDB": "Series and episode information is provided by TheTVDB.com. [Please consider supporting them]({url}) .",
   "SeriesCannotBeFound": "Sorry, that series cannot be found.",
   "SeriesDetailsCountEpisodeFiles": "{episodeFileCount} episode files",