diff --git a/src/client/components/facet_bar/FacetBar.js b/src/client/components/facet_bar/FacetBar.js
index 150ae47a0fd7a0c4d901b23587d64f54c3f0cbb9..04df1053e2e0825319ad2c7ed8e84911896a73b4 100644
--- a/src/client/components/facet_bar/FacetBar.js
+++ b/src/client/components/facet_bar/FacetBar.js
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ class FacetBar extends React.Component {
   }
 
   renderFacet = (facetID, someFacetIsFetching) => {
-    const { classes } = this.props;
+    const { classes, resultTableColumns } = this.props;
     const { facetUpdateID, updatedFacet, updatedFilter, facets } = this.props.facetData;
+    let resultTableColumn = resultTableColumns.find(column => column.id === facetID);
     const facet = facets[facetID];
     let facetComponent = null;
     let isActive = this.state.activeFacets.has(facetID);
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ class FacetBar extends React.Component {
         break;
     }
 
+
     return(
       <ExpansionPanel
         key={facetID}
@@ -176,6 +178,7 @@ class FacetBar extends React.Component {
             resultClass={this.props.resultClass}
             fetchFacet={this.props.fetchFacet}
             updateFacetOption={this.props.updateFacetOption}
+            description={resultTableColumn.desc}
           />
         </ExpansionPanelSummary>
         <ExpansionPanelDetails
@@ -229,6 +232,7 @@ FacetBar.propTypes = {
   fetchResultCount: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   updateFacetOption: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   defaultActiveFacets: PropTypes.instanceOf(Set).isRequired,
+  resultTableColumns: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
 };
 
 export default withStyles(styles)(FacetBar);
diff --git a/src/client/components/facet_bar/FacetHeader.js b/src/client/components/facet_bar/FacetHeader.js
index 54a4508223717bf784e19ccb4651c7f741799e0a..7b19fb1669298a4ac2c6ce8f8900d704c3030f36 100644
--- a/src/client/components/facet_bar/FacetHeader.js
+++ b/src/client/components/facet_bar/FacetHeader.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import Menu from '@material-ui/core/Menu';
 import MenuItem from '@material-ui/core/MenuItem';
 import MoreVertIcon from '@material-ui/icons/MoreVert';
 import Typography from '@material-ui/core/Typography';
+import InfoIcon from '@material-ui/icons/InfoOutlined';
 import history from '../../History';
 
 const styles = theme => ({
@@ -17,12 +18,8 @@ const styles = theme => ({
   headingContainer: {
     display: 'flex',
     alignItems: 'center',
-    justifyContent: 'space-between',
+    //justifyContent: 'space-between',
     width: '100%'
-    //paddingLeft: theme.spacing(1),
-    //borderBottomLeftRadius: 0,
-    //borderBottomRightRadius: 0,
-    //height: 48
   },
   facetValuesContainerTen: {
     height: 345,
@@ -167,12 +164,20 @@ class FacetHeader extends React.Component {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { classes, isActive } = this.props;
+    const { classes, isActive, description } = this.props;
     const { label, sortButton, spatialFilterButton } = this.props.facet;
     let showMenuButton = isActive && (sortButton || spatialFilterButton);
     return (
       <div className={classes.headingContainer}>
         <Typography variant="body1">{label} </Typography>
+        <Tooltip
+          title={description}
+          enterDelay={300}
+        >
+          <IconButton>
+            <InfoIcon />
+          </IconButton>
+        </Tooltip>
         {showMenuButton &&
           <div className={classes.facetHeaderButtons}>
             {this.renderFacetMenu()}
@@ -192,6 +197,7 @@ FacetHeader.propTypes = {
   resultClass: PropTypes.string,
   fetchFacet: PropTypes.func,
   updateFacetOption: PropTypes.func,
+  description: PropTypes.string.isRequired
 };
 
 export default withStyles(styles)(FacetHeader);
diff --git a/src/client/containers/SemanticPortal.js b/src/client/containers/SemanticPortal.js
index 78e5b1b3da619b459a97bfcfad5e721f39320734..ffe1210a69bf2b295a4b7ad0fb912897b2ac6939 100644
--- a/src/client/containers/SemanticPortal.js
+++ b/src/client/containers/SemanticPortal.js
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ let SemanticPortal = (props) => {
                                 fetchResultCount={props.fetchResultCount}
                                 updateFacetOption={props.updateFacetOption}
                                 defaultActiveFacets={perspective.defaultActiveFacets}
+                                resultTableColumns={props[perspective.id].tableColumns}
                               />
                             </Grid>
                             <Grid item xs={12} md={9} className={classes.resultsContainer}>