diff --git a/modules/luci-mod-network/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/network/interfaces.js b/modules/luci-mod-network/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/network/interfaces.js
index bacf530f144f..e9fc932ab220 100644
--- a/modules/luci-mod-network/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/network/interfaces.js
+++ b/modules/luci-mod-network/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/network/interfaces.js
@@ -1071,7 +1071,8 @@ return view.extend({
 				o.datatype = 'uinteger';
 				o.placeholder = '0';
 
-				o = nettools.replaceOption(s, 'advanced', form.Value, 'metric', _('Use gateway metric'));
+				o = nettools.replaceOption(s, 'advanced', form.Value, 'metric', _('Use gateway metric'),
+					_('Metric is an ordinal, where a gateway with 1 is chosen 1st, 2 is chosen 2nd, 3 is chosen 3rd, etc'));
 				o.datatype = 'uinteger';
 				o.placeholder = '0';