diff --git a/cron/cron-lib.pl b/cron/cron-lib.pl
index 2f15c3204..f2c87db06 100755
--- a/cron/cron-lib.pl
+++ b/cron/cron-lib.pl
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ foreach my $arr ("mins", "hours", "days", "months", "weekdays") {
 $table .= &ui_columns_row(\@cols, [ "valign=top", "valign=top", "valign=top",
 				    "valign=top", "valign=top" ]);
 $table .= &ui_columns_end();
-$table .= $text{'edit_ctrl'};
+$table .= &ui_note($text{'edit_ctrl'}, 0);
 $rv .= &ui_table_row(undef, $table, $width, undef, ['data-schedule-tr']);
 return $rv;
 }
@@ -1056,7 +1056,8 @@ foreach $arr ("mins", "hours", "days", "months", "weekdays") {
 		}
 	print "</tr></table></td>\n";
 	}
-print "</tr> <tr $cb> <td colspan=5>$text{'edit_ctrl'}</td> </tr>\n";
+my $ctlnote = &ui_note($text{'edit_ctrl'}, 0);
+print "</tr> <tr $cb> <td colspan=5>$ctlnote</td> </tr>\n";
 }
 
 =head2 parse_times_input(&job, &in)
diff --git a/cron/lang/en b/cron/lang/en
index 6b9321265..56cf292e0 100644
--- a/cron/lang/en
+++ b/cron/lang/en
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ edit_run=Run Now
 edit_saverun=Save and Run Now
 edit_clone=Clone Job
 edit_return=cron job
-edit_ctrl=Note: Ctrl-click (or command-click on the Mac) to select and de-select minutes, hours, days and months.
+edit_ctrl=Tip: Use Ctrl-click (or ⌘-click on Mac) to select or deselect multiple items, or Shift-click to select a range
 edit_special1=Simple schedule
 edit_special0=Times and dates selected below ..
 edit_special_hourly=Hourly
diff --git a/time/index.cgi b/time/index.cgi
index acdfaf4bb..e8035850a 100755
--- a/time/index.cgi
+++ b/time/index.cgi
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ if ( ( !$access{ 'sysdate' } && &has_command( "date" ) || !$access{ 'hwdate' } &
 		&webmincron::show_times_input($job), 2);
 
 	# Show ctrl help
-	print &ui_table_row(undef, $text{'index_ctrl'}, 2);
+	print &ui_table_row(undef, &ui_note($text{'index_ctrl'}, 0), 2);
 
 	print &ui_table_end();
 	print &ui_form_end([ [ "action", $text{'index_sync'} ] ]);
diff --git a/time/lang/en b/time/lang/en
index 9e1534764..215472891 100644
--- a/time/lang/en
+++ b/time/lang/en
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ index_tabsync2=Run system <tt>$1</tt> service for synchronization
 index_desctime=This form is for changing the system's current time, which is used by all running processes. On operating systems that have a separate hardware clock, it can be used to set that too.
 index_desczone=This form allows you to set the system's default time zone, which is used to convert the system time to a human-readable format and offset.
 index_descsync=This form is for configuring the system to automatically synchronize the time with a remote server. Synchronization will be done using the Unix <tt>time</tt> protocol or NTP, depending on which commands are installed and what the remote system supports.
-index_ctrl=Note: Ctrl-click (or command-click on the Mac) to select and de-select minutes, hours, days and months.
+index_ctrl=Tip: Use Ctrl-click (or ⌘-click on Mac) to select or deselect multiple items, or Shift-click to select a range
 
 action_save=Save
 action_apply=Apply
diff --git a/ui-lib.pl b/ui-lib.pl
index 6548f0e51..ca181d2a8 100755
--- a/ui-lib.pl
+++ b/ui-lib.pl
@@ -3344,7 +3344,7 @@ if ($head) {
 	}
 }
 
-=head2 ui_note(text)
+=head2 ui_note(text, [whitespace-count])
 
 Returns a note as a small font size text
 
@@ -3352,8 +3352,10 @@ Returns a note as a small font size text
 sub ui_note
 {
 return &theme_ui_note(@_) if (defined(&theme_ui_note));
-my ($text) = @_;
-return "<font style='font-size:92%;opacity:0.66'>&nbsp;&nbsp;ⓘ&nbsp;&nbsp;".
+my ($text, $whitespace) = @_;
+$whitespace //= 2;
+my $whitespace_str = "&nbsp;" x $whitespace;
+return "<font style='font-size:92%;opacity:0.66'>${whitespace_str}ⓘ&nbsp;&nbsp;".
 	"$text</font>";
 }