diff --git a/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb b/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
index f19d993ff..e588fe366 100644
--- a/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
@@ -195,13 +195,15 @@ module RepositoriesHelper
   def mercurial_field_tags(form, repository)
       content_tag('p', form.text_field(:url, :label => 'Root directory',
                        :size => 60, :required => true,
-                       :disabled => (repository && !repository.root_url.blank?)))
+                       :disabled => (repository && !repository.root_url.blank?)) +
+                       '<br />local repository (e.g. /hgrepo, c:\hgrepo)' )
   end
 
   def git_field_tags(form, repository)
       content_tag('p', form.text_field(:url, :label => 'Path to repository',
                        :size => 60, :required => true,
-                       :disabled => (repository && !repository.root_url.blank?)))
+                       :disabled => (repository && !repository.root_url.blank?)) +
+                       '<br />a bare and local repository (e.g. /gitrepo, c:\gitrepo)')
   end
 
   def cvs_field_tags(form, repository)