diff --git a/annis-gui/src/main/java/annis/gui/ExportPanel.java b/annis-gui/src/main/java/annis/gui/ExportPanel.java
index 34b5a9faaa..5a282ec241 100644
--- a/annis-gui/src/main/java/annis/gui/ExportPanel.java
+++ b/annis-gui/src/main/java/annis/gui/ExportPanel.java
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ private void initHelpMessages()
       + "<code>metakeys=title,documentname</code>) <br />"
       + "<em>numbers</em> - set to \"false\" if the grid event numbers should not be included in the output (e.g. "
       + "<code>numbers=false</code>)");
+    
+    help4Exporter.put(EXPORTER[4].getClass().getSimpleName(),
+      "The SimpleTextExporter exports only the plain text of every search result. ");
   }
 
   public class ExporterSelectionHelpListener implements