diff --git a/install/ui/src/freeipa/dns.js b/install/ui/src/freeipa/dns.js
index 1e24c0131..2e8a71e4e 100644
--- a/install/ui/src/freeipa/dns.js
+++ b/install/ui/src/freeipa/dns.js
@@ -1180,10 +1180,10 @@ IPA.dns.get_record_metadata = function() {
         {
             name: 'srvrecord',
             attributes: [
-                'srv_part_priority',
-                'srv_part_weight',
-                'srv_part_port',
-                'srv_part_target'
+               'srv_part_priority',
+               'srv_part_weight',
+               'srv_part_port',
+               'srv_part_target'
             ],
             adder_attributes: [],
             columns: ['srv_part_priority', 'srv_part_weight', 'srv_part_port',
diff --git a/ipaserver/plugins/dns.py b/ipaserver/plugins/dns.py
index 996eb52c0..e37050a61 100644
--- a/ipaserver/plugins/dns.py
+++ b/ipaserver/plugins/dns.py
@@ -1329,12 +1329,16 @@ class SRVRecord(DNSRecord):
     rfc = 2782
     parts = (
         Int('priority',
-            label=_('Priority'),
+            label=_('Priority (order)'),
+            doc=_('Lower number means higher priority. Clients will attempt '
+                  'to contact the server with the lowest-numbered priority '
+                  'they can reach.'),
             minvalue=0,
             maxvalue=65535,
         ),
         Int('weight',
             label=_('Weight'),
+            doc=_('Relative weight for entries with the same priority.'),
             minvalue=0,
             maxvalue=65535,
         ),