diff --git a/application/cmdbabstract.class.inc.php b/application/cmdbabstract.class.inc.php
index d9cfa460d..5bb12fa9f 100644
--- a/application/cmdbabstract.class.inc.php
+++ b/application/cmdbabstract.class.inc.php
@@ -882,8 +882,14 @@ EOF
 													$aArgs).'';
 										}
 										$aFieldsMap[$sAttCode] = $sInputId;
+
+										// Attribute description
+										$sDescription = $oAttDef->GetDescription();
+										$sDescriptionForHTMLTag = utils::HtmlEntities($sDescription);
+										$sDescriptionHTMLTag = (empty($sDescriptionForHTMLTag)) ? '' : 'class="ibo-has-description" data-tooltip-content="'.$sDescriptionForHTMLTag.'"';
+
 										$val = array(
-											'label' => '<span title="'.$oAttDef->GetDescription().'">'.$oAttDef->GetLabel().'</span>',
+											'label' => '<span '.$sDescriptionHTMLTag.' >'.$oAttDef->GetLabel().'</span>',
 											'value' => $sHTMLValue,
 											'comments' => $sComments,
 											'infos' => $sInfos,
@@ -892,8 +898,13 @@ EOF
 								}
 								else
 								{
+									// Attribute description
+									$sDescription = $oAttDef->GetDescription();
+									$sDescriptionForHTMLTag = utils::HtmlEntities($sDescription);
+									$sDescriptionHTMLTag = (empty($sDescriptionForHTMLTag)) ? '' : 'class="ibo-has-description" data-tooltip-content="'.$sDescriptionForHTMLTag.'"';
+
 									$val = array(
-										'label' => '<span title="'.$oAttDef->GetDescription().'">'.$oAttDef->GetLabel().'</span>',
+										'label' => '<span '.$sDescriptionHTMLTag.' >'.$oAttDef->GetLabel().'</span>',
 										'value' => "<span id=\"field_{$sInputId}\">".$this->GetAsHTML($sAttCode)."</span>",
 										'comments' => $sComments,
 										'infos' => $sInfos,
@@ -3240,9 +3251,14 @@ EOF
 					$sDisplayValue = $this->GetAsHTML($sAttCode);
 				}
 			}
+
+			// Attribute description
+			$sDescription = $oAttDef->GetDescription();
+			$sDescriptionForHTMLTag = utils::HtmlEntities($sDescription);
+			$sDescriptionHTMLTag = (empty($sDescriptionForHTMLTag)) ? '' : 'class="ibo-has-description" data-tooltip-content="'.$sDescriptionForHTMLTag.'"';
+
 			$retVal = array(
-				'label' => '<span title="'.MetaModel::GetDescription($sClass,
-						$sAttCode).'">'.MetaModel::GetLabel($sClass, $sAttCode).'</span>',
+				'label' => '<span '.$sDescriptionHTMLTag.' >'.MetaModel::GetLabel($sClass, $sAttCode).'</span>',
 				'value' => $sDisplayValue,
 			);
 		}
diff --git a/css/backoffice/components/_field.scss b/css/backoffice/components/_field.scss
index 7e59ce324..ad5e8b73e 100644
--- a/css/backoffice/components/_field.scss
+++ b/css/backoffice/components/_field.scss
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 $ibo-field--sibling-spacing: 16px !default;
 $ibo-field--value--color: $ibo-color-grey-700 !default;
 
+$ibo-field--label--description--content: "?" !default;
+$ibo-field--label--description--padding-left: 2px !default;
+$ibo-field--label--description--color: $ibo-color-grey-700 !default;
+
 .ibo-field {
   @extend %ibo-font-ral-nor-150;
 
@@ -37,6 +41,18 @@ $ibo-field--value--color: $ibo-color-grey-700 !default;
   max-width: 145px;
   width: 30%;
   padding-right: 10px;
+
+  > .ibo-has-description {
+    &::after {
+      content: $ibo-field--label--description--content;
+      padding-left: $ibo-field--label--description--padding-left;
+      vertical-align: top;
+
+      cursor: pointer;
+      color: $ibo-field--label--description--color;
+      @extend %ibo-font-ral-bol-100;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 .ibo-field--value {
diff --git a/js/pages/backoffice.js b/js/pages/backoffice.js
index e4c58dc34..63bf9418a 100644
--- a/js/pages/backoffice.js
+++ b/js/pages/backoffice.js
@@ -68,14 +68,46 @@ const CombodoBackofficeToolbox = {
 	// Instanciate tooltips (abstraction layer between iTop markup and tooltip plugin to ease its replacement in the future)
 	/**
 	 * Instanciate a tooltip on oElem from its data attributes
+	 *
+	 * Note: Content SHOULD be HTML entity encoded to avoid markup breaks (eg. when using a double quote in a sentence)
+	 *
 	 * @param oElem
 	 * @constructor
 	 */
 	InitTooltipFromMarkup: function(oElem)
 	{
-		const oOptions = {};
+		const oOptions = {
+			allowHTML: true, // Always true so line breaks can work. Don't worry content will be sanitized.
+		};
+
+		// Content must be reworked before getting into the tooltip
+		// - Should we enable HTML content or keep text as is
+		const bEnableHTML = oElem.attr('data-tooltip-html-enabled') === 'true';
+
+		// - Content should be sanitized unless the developer says otherwise
+		// Note: Condition is inversed on purpose. When the developer is instanciating a tooltip,
+		// we want him/her to explicitly declare that he/she wants the sanitizer to be skipped.
+		// Whereas in this code, it's easier to follow the logic with the variable oriented this way.
+		const bSanitizeContent = oElem.attr('data-tooltip-sanitizer-skipped') !== 'true';
+
+		// - Sanitize content and make sure line breaks are kept
+		const oTmpContentElem = $('<div />').html(oElem.attr('data-tooltip-content'));
+		let sContent = '';
+		if(bEnableHTML)
+		{
+			sContent = oTmpContentElem.html();
+			if(bSanitizeContent)
+			{
+				sContent = sContent.replace(/<script/g, '&lt;script WARNING: scripts are not allowed in tooltips');
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			sContent = oTmpContentElem.text();
+			sContent = sContent.replace(/(\r\n|\n\r|\r|\n)/g, '<br/>');
+		}
+		oOptions['content'] = sContent;
 
-		oOptions['content'] = oElem.attr('data-tooltip-content');
 		oOptions['placement'] = oElem.attr('data-tooltip-placement') ?? 'top';
 		oOptions['trigger'] = oElem.attr('data-tooltip-trigger') ?? 'mouseenter focus';