diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_column_quick_create.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_column_quick_create.js
index 78191d3ab75..afeeb4203ad 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_column_quick_create.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_column_quick_create.js
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ var ColumnQuickCreate = Widget.extend({
         'click .o_kanban_examples': '_onShowExamples',
         'keydown': '_onKeydown',
         'keypress input': '_onKeypress',
+        'blur input': '_onInputBlur',
+        'focus input': '_onInputFocus',
     },
 
     /**
@@ -124,6 +126,27 @@ var ColumnQuickCreate = Widget.extend({
         event.stopPropagation();
         this._add();
     },
+    /**
+     * When the input is not focused, no key event may occur in the column, so
+     * the discard feature will not work by pressing ESC. We simply hide the
+     * help message in that case, so we do not mislead our users.
+     *
+     * @private
+     * @param {KeyboardEvent} event
+     */
+    _onInputBlur: function () {
+        this.$('.o_discard_msg').hide();
+    },
+    /**
+     * When the input is focused, we need to show the discard help message (it
+     * might have been hidden, @see _onInputBlur)
+     *
+     * @private
+     * @param {KeyboardEvent} event
+     */
+    _onInputFocus: function () {
+        this.$('.o_discard_msg').show();
+    },
     /**
      * Cancels quick creation on escape keydown event
      *
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/kanban.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/kanban.xml
index d06a39081e5..23af895b8ea 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/kanban.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/kanban.xml
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@
                     </span>
                 </div>
                 <t t-if="widget.examples">
-                    <span class="btn-link o_kanban_examples">See Examples</span>
+                    <span class="btn-link o_kanban_examples">Examples</span>
                 </t>
+                <span class="o_discard_msg text-muted pull-right">Esc to discard</span>
             </div>
             <div class="o_kanban_muted_record"/>
             <div class="o_kanban_muted_record"/>
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js
index aa1a9e93e4a..a73eaed2e1a 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js
@@ -1681,6 +1681,35 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         kanban.destroy();
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('hide and display help message (ESC) in kanban quick create', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(2);
+
+        var kanban = createView({
+            View: KanbanView,
+            model: 'partner',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<kanban>' +
+                        '<field name="product_id"/>' +
+                        '<templates><t t-name="kanban-box">' +
+                            '<div><field name="foo"/></div>' +
+                        '</t></templates>' +
+                    '</kanban>',
+            groupBy: ['product_id'],
+        });
+
+        kanban.$('.o_quick_create_folded').click();
+
+        assert.ok(kanban.$('.o_discard_msg').is(':visible'),
+            'the ESC to discard message is visible');
+
+        // click in the column, but outside the input (to lose focus)
+        kanban.$('.o_kanban_header').click();
+        assert.notOk(kanban.$('.o_discard_msg').is(':visible'),
+            'the ESC to discard message is no longer visible');
+
+        kanban.destroy();
+    });
+
     QUnit.test('delete a column in grouped on m2o', function (assert) {
         assert.expect(28);