diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index fbbd5149470..c8c7eab5e44 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ instance.web.form.Widget = instance.web.Widget.extend(_.extend({}, instance.web.
                 opacity: 0.85,
                 trigger: 'hover'
             }, options || {});
-        trigger.tipsy(options);
+        $(trigger).tipsy(options);
     },
     _build_view_fields_values: function(blacklist) {
         var a_dataset = this.view.dataset;
@@ -1704,7 +1704,7 @@ instance.web.form.AbstractField = instance.web.form.Widget.extend(/** @lends ins
             }, this));
         }
         if (instance.connection.debug) {
-            this.do_attach_tooltip(this, this.$element);
+            this.do_attach_tooltip(this, this.view.$element.find('label[for=' + this.id_for_label + ']')[0] || this.$element);
         }
         if (!this.disable_utility_classes) {
             var set_required = function() {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 57970c1486e..a3744842bb0 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@
     <div class="oe_tooltip_string" t-if="widget.string">
         <t t-esc="widget.node.attrs.string"/> <t t-if="debug and widget.nolabel">(nolabel)</t>
     </div>
-    <p t-if="widget.help" class="oe_tooltip_help"><t t-esc="widget.help"/></p>
+    <p t-if="widget.node.attrs.help || widget.field.help" class="oe_tooltip_help"><t t-esc="widget.node.attrs.help || widget.field.help"/></p>
     <ul t-if="debug" class="oe_tooltip_technical">
         <li data-item="field" t-if="widget.name">
             <span class="oe_tooltip_technical_title">Field:</span>