diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
index f260f882f9..1e2b98761c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ import android.text.style.CharacterStyle;
import android.text.style.ImageSpan;
import android.text.style.ParagraphStyle;
import android.text.style.QuoteSpan;
+import android.text.style.RelativeSizeSpan;
import android.text.style.URLSpan;
import android.util.Pair;
import android.util.TypedValue;
@@ -524,6 +525,14 @@ public class FragmentCompose extends FragmentBase {
setZoom();
+ SpannableStringBuilder hint = new SpannableStringBuilder();
+ hint.append(getString(R.string.title_body_hint));
+ hint.append("\n");
+ int pos = hint.length();
+ hint.append(getString(R.string.title_body_hint_style));
+ hint.setSpan(new RelativeSizeSpan(0.7f), pos, hint.length(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
+ etBody.setHint(hint);
+
etBody.setInputContentListener(new EditTextCompose.IInputContentListener() {
@Override
public void onInputContent(Uri uri) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index f27c501c55..94b2bae259 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -1043,6 +1043,7 @@
Subject:
Attachment:
Your message
+ You can select text to format it
Discard
Save
Send