diff --git a/XenAdmin/SettingsPanels/NRPEEditPage.CheckGroup.cs b/XenAdmin/SettingsPanels/NRPEEditPage.CheckGroup.cs
index a5893066f..8f9f3f24d 100644
--- a/XenAdmin/SettingsPanels/NRPEEditPage.CheckGroup.cs
+++ b/XenAdmin/SettingsPanels/NRPEEditPage.CheckGroup.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class CheckGroup
             public CheckGroup(string name, string labelName)
             {
                 Name = name;
-                NameCell = new DataGridViewTextBoxCell { Value = labelName };
+                NameCell = new DataGridViewTextBoxCell { Value = labelName, ToolTipText = string.Format(Messages.NRPE_METRIC_TOOLTIP, name) };
                 WarningThresholdCell = new DataGridViewTextBoxCell { Value = "" };
                 CriticalThresholdCell = new DataGridViewTextBoxCell { Value = "" };
                 CheckThresholdRow = new DataGridViewRow();
diff --git a/XenModel/Messages.Designer.cs b/XenModel/Messages.Designer.cs
index d4cbd6173..ec1a7419f 100755
--- a/XenModel/Messages.Designer.cs
+++ b/XenModel/Messages.Designer.cs
@@ -29285,6 +29285,15 @@ public static string NRPE_INACTIVE {
             }
         }
         
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to NRPE check name: {0}.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string NRPE_METRIC_TOOLTIP {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("NRPE_METRIC_TOOLTIP", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
         /// <summary>
         ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Failed to retrieve NRPE configuration, please check XenCenter logs..
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/XenModel/Messages.resx b/XenModel/Messages.resx
index 54838ed18..be0c523ec 100755
--- a/XenModel/Messages.resx
+++ b/XenModel/Messages.resx
@@ -10161,6 +10161,9 @@ When you configure an NFS storage repository, you simply provide the host name o
   <data name="NRPE_INACTIVE" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>NRPE service is inactive</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="NRPE_METRIC_TOOLTIP" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>NRPE check name: {0}</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="NRPE_RETRIEVE_FAILED" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Failed to retrieve NRPE configuration, please check XenCenter logs.</value>
   </data>