diff --git a/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb b/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
index 9248da4f1..9af2838e2 100644
--- a/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
@@ -243,7 +243,9 @@ module RepositoriesHelper
     content_tag('p', form.text_field(:url, :label => 'Root directory',
                      :size => 60, :required => true,
                      :disabled => (repository && !repository.root_url.blank?))) +
-    content_tag('p', form.select(:path_encoding, [nil] + Setting::ENCODINGS,
-                                 :label => 'Path encoding'))
+    content_tag('p', form.select(
+                        :path_encoding, [nil] + Setting::ENCODINGS,
+                        :label => 'Path encoding') +
+                        '<br />Default: UTF-8')
   end
 end