diff --git a/ui/src/app/edge/live/energymonitor/energymonitor.component.html b/ui/src/app/edge/live/energymonitor/energymonitor.component.html
index 7be3ffbf43..74cfb91e52 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/edge/live/energymonitor/energymonitor.component.html
+++ b/ui/src/app/edge/live/energymonitor/energymonitor.component.html
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@
         <ion-label>
           {{"EDGE.INDEX.ENERGYMONITOR.TITLE" | translate}}
         </ion-label>
+        <ion-button slot="end" fill="clear" id="gauge-info-trigger">
+          <ion-icon slot="icon-only" name="information-circle-outline" color="medium"></ion-icon>
+        </ion-button>
+        <ion-popover trigger="gauge-info-trigger" triggerAction="click">
+          <ng-template>
+            <ion-content class="ion-padding">
+              <p style="max-width: 300px; margin: 0;">
+                {{"EDGE.INDEX.ENERGYMONITOR.GAUGE_INFO" | translate}}
+              </p>
+            </ion-content>
+          </ng-template>
+        </ion-popover>
       </ion-item>
       <ion-card-content>
         <energymonitor-chart [currentData]="currentData"></energymonitor-chart>
diff --git a/ui/src/assets/i18n/de.json b/ui/src/assets/i18n/de.json
index 432155d46b..01935125cc 100644
--- a/ui/src/assets/i18n/de.json
+++ b/ui/src/assets/i18n/de.json
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
         "STORAGE_DISCHARGE": "Speicher-Entladung",
         "TITLE": "Energiemonitor",
         "ERROR_TEMPORARY": "Fehler beim Abruf der Daten. Bitte versuchen Sie es später noch einmal.",
-        "ERROR_TOO_LONG": ""
+        "ERROR_TOO_LONG": "",
+        "GAUGE_INFO": "Die Balken im Monitor zeigen, wie sich die aktuellen Werte im Verhältnis zu ihren historischen Maximalwerten verhalten. Sie stellen nicht das Echtzeit-Leistungsverteilungsverhältnis dar."
       },
       "WIDGETS": {
         "AUTARCHY_INFO": "Die Autarkie gibt an zu wie viel Prozent die aktuell genutzte Leistung durch Erzeugung und Speicherentladung gedeckt wird.",
diff --git a/ui/src/assets/i18n/en.json b/ui/src/assets/i18n/en.json
index fa6bd2d2c7..b84f760ff6 100644
--- a/ui/src/assets/i18n/en.json
+++ b/ui/src/assets/i18n/en.json
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
         "STORAGE_DISCHARGE": "Storage-Discharge",
         "TITLE": "Energy monitor",
         "ERROR_TEMPORARY": "Error while fetching data. Please try again later.",
-        "ERROR_TOO_LONG": ""
+        "ERROR_TOO_LONG": "",
+        "GAUGE_INFO": "The gauge bars show how current values compare to their historical maximum. They do not represent the real-time power distribution ratio."
       },
       "WIDGETS": {
         "AUTARCHY_INFO": "Autarchy indicates the percentage of current power that can be covered by generation and storage discharge.",