diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js b/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
index db5d178c96..25316844df 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             const date = editEvent && formatDate(editEvent.getDate());
             editedTooltip = <Tooltip
                 tooltipClassName="mx_Tooltip_timeline"
-                label={_t("Edited at %(date)s", {date})}
+                label={_t("Edited at %(date)s. Click to view edits.", {date})}
             />;
         }
         return (
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index 01d84324ce..15dbd95d8c 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@
     "Failed to copy": "Failed to copy",
     "Add an Integration": "Add an Integration",
     "You are about to be taken to a third-party site so you can authenticate your account for use with %(integrationsUrl)s. Do you wish to continue?": "You are about to be taken to a third-party site so you can authenticate your account for use with %(integrationsUrl)s. Do you wish to continue?",
-    "Edited at %(date)s": "Edited at %(date)s",
+    "Edited at %(date)s. Click to view edits.": "Edited at %(date)s. Click to view edits.",
     "edited": "edited",
     "Removed or unknown message type": "Removed or unknown message type",
     "Message removed by %(userId)s": "Message removed by %(userId)s",