diff --git a/portal-frontend/src/app/features/applications/edit-submission/parcel-details/parcel-entry/parcel-entry.component.html b/portal-frontend/src/app/features/applications/edit-submission/parcel-details/parcel-entry/parcel-entry.component.html
index 443bd20efa..34240f1843 100644
--- a/portal-frontend/src/app/features/applications/edit-submission/parcel-details/parcel-entry/parcel-entry.component.html
+++ b/portal-frontend/src/app/features/applications/edit-submission/parcel-details/parcel-entry/parcel-entry.component.html
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@
         <mat-icon>warning</mat-icon>
         <div *ngIf="mapArea.errors?.['required']">This field is required</div>
       </div>
+      <div>
+        <mat-hint class="subtext"> Example: 1.12345 (can be up to 5 decimal places) </mat-hint>
+      </div>
     </div>
 
     <div>
diff --git a/portal-frontend/src/app/features/notice-of-intents/edit-submission/parcels/parcel-entry/parcel-entry.component.html b/portal-frontend/src/app/features/notice-of-intents/edit-submission/parcels/parcel-entry/parcel-entry.component.html
index e39ac8baa6..31b643215e 100644
--- a/portal-frontend/src/app/features/notice-of-intents/edit-submission/parcels/parcel-entry/parcel-entry.component.html
+++ b/portal-frontend/src/app/features/notice-of-intents/edit-submission/parcels/parcel-entry/parcel-entry.component.html
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
       <mat-form-field class="full-width-input" appearance="outline">
         <input
           id="map-area"
-          mask="separator.2"
+          mask="separator.5"
           thousandSeparator=","
           separatorLimit="9999999999"
           matInput
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@
         <mat-icon>warning</mat-icon>
         <div *ngIf="mapArea.errors?.['required']">This field is required</div>
       </div>
+      <div>
+        <mat-hint class="subtext"> Example: 1.12345 (can be up to 5 decimal places) </mat-hint>
+      </div>
     </div>
 
     <div>