diff --git a/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/ide/starters/shared/CommonStarterInitialStep.kt b/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/ide/starters/shared/CommonStarterInitialStep.kt
index 615b4f147afa..75f06cbe8c46 100644
--- a/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/ide/starters/shared/CommonStarterInitialStep.kt
+++ b/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/ide/starters/shared/CommonStarterInitialStep.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2000-2022 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package com.intellij.ide.starters.shared
 
+import com.intellij.icons.AllIcons
 import com.intellij.ide.IdeBundle
 import com.intellij.ide.JavaUiBundle
 import com.intellij.ide.starters.JavaStartersBundle
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import com.intellij.ide.util.projectWizard.ModuleWizardStep
 import com.intellij.ide.util.projectWizard.WizardContext
 import com.intellij.ide.wizard.NewProjectWizardStep.Companion.GIT_PROPERTY_NAME
 import com.intellij.openapi.Disposable
+import com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemBundle
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileChooser.FileChooserDescriptorFactory
 import com.intellij.openapi.module.StdModuleTypes
 import com.intellij.openapi.observable.properties.GraphProperty
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.ui.getPresentablePath
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil
 import com.intellij.ui.UIBundle
+import com.intellij.ui.components.JBLabel
 import com.intellij.ui.dsl.builder.*
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nls
 import java.io.File
@@ -137,9 +140,15 @@ abstract class CommonStarterInitialStep(
   }
 
   protected fun Panel.addGroupArtifactUi() {
-    row(JavaStartersBundle.message("title.project.group.label")) {
+    row {
       groupRow = this
 
+      layout(RowLayout.LABEL_ALIGNED)
+      label(JavaStartersBundle.message("title.project.group.label"))
+        .applyToComponent { horizontalTextPosition = JBLabel.LEFT }
+        .applyToComponent { icon = AllIcons.General.ContextHelp }
+        .applyToComponent { toolTipText = ExternalSystemBundle.message("external.system.mavenized.structure.wizard.group.id.help") }
+
       textField()
         .bindText(groupIdProperty)
         .columns(COLUMNS_MEDIUM)
@@ -147,9 +156,16 @@ abstract class CommonStarterInitialStep(
                                *getCustomValidationRules(GROUP_ID_PROPERTY))
     }.bottomGap(BottomGap.SMALL)
 
-    row(JavaStartersBundle.message("title.project.artifact.label")) {
+    row {
       artifactRow = this
 
+      layout(RowLayout.LABEL_ALIGNED)
+      label(JavaStartersBundle.message("title.project.artifact.label"))
+        .applyToComponent { horizontalTextPosition = JBLabel.LEFT }
+        .applyToComponent { icon = AllIcons.General.ContextHelp }
+        .applyToComponent { toolTipText = ExternalSystemBundle.message("external.system.mavenized.structure.wizard.artifact.id.help",
+                                                                       wizardContext.presentationName) }
+
       textField()
         .bindText(artifactIdProperty)
         .columns(COLUMNS_MEDIUM)
diff --git a/platform/external-system-api/resources/messages/ExternalSystemBundle.properties b/platform/external-system-api/resources/messages/ExternalSystemBundle.properties
index f373672f4afc..54b08cc50c3d 100644
--- a/platform/external-system-api/resources/messages/ExternalSystemBundle.properties
+++ b/platform/external-system-api/resources/messages/ExternalSystemBundle.properties
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ external.system.mavenized.structure.wizard.group.id.label=GroupId:
 external.system.mavenized.structure.wizard.artifact.id.label=ArtifactId:
 external.system.mavenized.structure.wizard.version.label=Version:
 
-external.system.mavenized.structure.wizard.group.id.help=The name of the artifact group, usually a company domain
-external.system.mavenized.structure.wizard.artifact.id.help=The name of the artifact within the group, usually a {0} name
+external.system.mavenized.structure.wizard.group.id.help=Uniquely identifies your project, usually starts with a reversed company domain name.
+external.system.mavenized.structure.wizard.artifact.id.help=The name of the artifact within the group, usually a {0} name.
 
 external.system.mavenized.structure.wizard.entity.coordinates.already.exists.error={0,choice,0#Module|1#Project} with coordinates ''{1}'' already exists
 external.system.mavenized.structure.wizard.name.and.artifact.id.is.different.error={0,choice,0#Module|1#Project} name and artifactId must be the same