diff --git a/templates/ktcore/folder/roles.smarty b/templates/ktcore/folder/roles.smarty
index aa99f3c..fb4afa5 100644
--- a/templates/ktcore/folder/roles.smarty
+++ b/templates/ktcore/folder/roles.smarty
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ role allocations may take a some time, depending on the number of folders below 
            {/if}
         </td>
         {if ($aRole.allocation_id === null)}
-        <td colspan="2"><a href="{addQS}action=overrideParent&role_id={$role_id}&fFolderId={$context->oFolder->getId()}{/addQS}">{i18n}Override Parent Allocation{/i18n}</a></td>
+        <td colspan="3"><a href="{addQS}action=overrideParent&role_id={$role_id}&fFolderId={$context->oFolder->getId()}{/addQS}">{i18n}Override Parent Allocation{/i18n}</a></td>
         {else}
         <td><a href="{addQS}action=editRoleUsers&alloc_id={$aRole.allocation_id}&fFolderId={$context->oFolder->getId()}{/addQS}" class="ktAction ktEdit" title="{i18n}Edit Users{/i18n}">{i18n}Edit Users{/i18n}</a></td>
         <td><a href="{addQS}action=editRoleGroups&alloc_id={$aRole.allocation_id}&fFolderId={$context->oFolder->getId()}{/addQS}" class="ktAction ktEdit" title="{i18n}Edit Groups{/i18n}">{i18n}Edit Groups{/i18n}</a></td>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ role allocations may take a some time, depending on the number of folders below 
     </tr>
 {/foreach}
 {else}
-<tr><td colspan="4" class="ktInfo"><p>{i18n}No roles defined in the Role Administration area.{/i18n}</p></td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="5" class="ktInfo"><p>{i18n}No roles defined in the Role Administration area.{/i18n}</p></td></tr>
 {/if}
 </tbody>
 </table>
diff --git a/templates/ktcore/folder/roles_manageusers.smarty b/templates/ktcore/folder/roles_manageusers.smarty
index be713eb..b356687 100644
--- a/templates/ktcore/folder/roles_manageusers.smarty
+++ b/templates/ktcore/folder/roles_manageusers.smarty
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 {$context->oPage->requireJSResource('thirdpartyjs/MochiKit/Iter.js')}
 {$context->oPage->requireJSResource('thirdpartyjs/MochiKit/DOM.js')}
 
-{* <p class="descriptiveText"><strong>FIXME</strong> help text for role-editing.  </p> *}
+<p class="descriptiveText">{i18n}Add or remove users for this role. {/i18n}</p> 
 
 <form action="{$smarty.server.PHP_SELF}" method="POST" id="userroleform">
    <input type="hidden" name="action" value="setRoleUsers" />
@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@
    
    <fieldset>
       <legend>{i18n}Allocate User to Role{/i18n}</legend>
-      <p class="descriptiveText">{i18n}Select the users which should be part of this role.{/i18n} {* <strong>FIXME</strong> this helptext
-      is v. awkward. *}</p>
+      <p class="descriptiveText">{i18n}
+To add users to this role, select one or more user names in the Available Users field; then, double click or use the right pointing arrow to populate the Member users field.
+To remove users from this role, select one or more user names in the Member users field; then, double click, or use the left pointing arrow to move these names to Available Users.{/i18n}</p>
+
+<p>{i18n}Use the Filter fields to display names in order of specified criteria.
+Use the Ctrl key to multi-select user names.{/i18n}</p>
 
 <table border="0" width="600">
    <thead>