diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/xml/mail.xml b/addons/mail/static/src/xml/mail.xml
index e718a42c813..1e52105c739 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/xml/mail.xml
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/xml/mail.xml
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@
             <t t-if="!widget.options.view_mailbox">
                 <div class="field_text oe_compact oe_compact_record">
                     <a class="oe_compose_post" t-if="widget.options.compose_placeholder"><t t-raw="widget.options.compose_placeholder"/></a>
-                    <a class="oe_compose_post" t-if="!widget.options.compose_placeholder and !widget.options.view_mailbox">Send a message</a>
+                    <a class="oe_compose_post" t-if="!widget.options.compose_placeholder and !widget.options.view_mailbox"
+                        title="Send a message to all followers of the document">Send a message</a>
                     <span class="oe_grey oe_sep_word">or</span>
-                    <a class="oe_compose_log">Log a note</a>
+                    <a class="oe_compose_log" title="Log a note for this document. No notification will be sent">Log a note</a>
                 </div>
             </t>
         </div>