diff --git a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
index 0f887879959..8f3ff8ab388 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ For upgrade instructions, please check the [migration guide](MIGRATIONS.released
 ### Changed
 - Redesigned the info tab in the right-hand sidebar to be fit the new branding and design language. [#7110](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7110)
 - Optimized processing of parallel requests (new thread pool configuration, asynchronous FossilDB client), improving performance and reducing idle waiting. [#7139](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7139)
+- Renamed "open" tasks to "pending" and slightly redesigned the available task assignment view for clarity. [#7187](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7187)
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed rare rendering bug at viewport edge for anisotropic datasets. [#7163](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7163)
diff --git a/frontend/javascripts/admin/project/project_list_view.tsx b/frontend/javascripts/admin/project/project_list_view.tsx
index bcc8e6d3771..62c26058a3e 100644
--- a/frontend/javascripts/admin/project/project_list_view.tsx
+++ b/frontend/javascripts/admin/project/project_list_view.tsx
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class ProjectListView extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
                 width={250}
               />
               <Column
-                title="Open Assignments"
+                title="Pending Task Instances"
                 dataIndex="numberOfOpenAssignments"
                 key="numberOfOpenAssignments"
                 sorter={Utils.compareBy(typeHint, (project) => project.numberOfOpenAssignments)}
diff --git a/frontend/javascripts/admin/project/transfer_all_tasks_modal.tsx b/frontend/javascripts/admin/project/transfer_all_tasks_modal.tsx
index 8d9811a90d2..bae6aab52e6 100644
--- a/frontend/javascripts/admin/project/transfer_all_tasks_modal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/javascripts/admin/project/transfer_all_tasks_modal.tsx
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class TransferAllTasksModal extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
         </Modal>
       );
     } else {
-      const title = `All users with open tasks of ${project.name}`;
+      const title = `All users with active tasks for ${project.name}`;
       return (
         <Modal
           title={title}
diff --git a/frontend/javascripts/admin/statistic/open_tasks_report_view.tsx b/frontend/javascripts/admin/statistic/open_tasks_report_view.tsx
index 2ca94cd550c..2d7312d7619 100644
--- a/frontend/javascripts/admin/statistic/open_tasks_report_view.tsx
+++ b/frontend/javascripts/admin/statistic/open_tasks_report_view.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import { Spin, Table, Card } from "antd";
+import { Spin, Table, Card, Typography, Tooltip, Tag } from "antd";
 import * as React from "react";
 import type { APIOpenTasksReport } from "types/api_flow_types";
 import { getOpenTasksReport } from "admin/admin_rest_api";
 import { handleGenericError } from "libs/error_handling";
 import * as Utils from "libs/utils";
 import TeamSelectionForm from "./team_selection_form";
+import { InfoCircleOutlined } from "@ant-design/icons";
+
 const { Column } = Table;
 const typeHint: APIOpenTasksReport[] = [];
 type State = {
@@ -45,8 +47,24 @@ class OpenTasksReportView extends React.PureComponent<{}, State> {
   render() {
     return (
       <div className="container">
-        <h3>Open Tasks</h3>
-
+        <h3>Available Task Assignments</h3>
+        <Typography.Paragraph type="secondary">
+          Select a team to show an overview of its users and the number of available task assigments
+          they qualify for. Task availability for each user is determined by assigned experiences,
+          team memberships, the number of pending task instances, etc. For tasks with multiple
+          instances, each user will get at most one. Note that individual tasks may be listed as
+          available to multiple users here, but each will only be handed to the first user to
+          request it.
+          <a
+            href="https://docs.webknossos.org/webknossos/tasks.html"
+            target="_blank"
+            rel="noopener noreferrer"
+          >
+            <Tooltip title="Read more in the documentation">
+              <InfoCircleOutlined style={{ marginLeft: 10 }} />
+            </Tooltip>
+          </a>
+        </Typography.Paragraph>
         <Card>
           <TeamSelectionForm onChange={(team) => this.fetchData(team.id)} />
         </Card>
@@ -75,21 +93,36 @@ class OpenTasksReportView extends React.PureComponent<{}, State> {
               width={200}
             />
             <Column
-              title="# Assignments"
+              title="# Available Tasks"
               dataIndex="totalAssignments"
               defaultSortOrder="ascend"
               sorter={Utils.compareBy(typeHint, (task) => task.totalAssignments)}
               width={150}
             />
             <Column
-              title=""
+              title="Available Tasks by Project"
               key="content"
-              render={(_text, item) =>
-                // @ts-expect-error ts-migrate(2571) FIXME: Object is of type 'unknown'.
-                Object.keys(item.assignmentsByProjects)
-                  // @ts-expect-error ts-migrate(2571) FIXME: Object is of type 'unknown'.
-                  .map((key) => `${key} (${item.assignmentsByProjects[key]})`)
-                  .join(", ")
+              render={(_text, item: APIOpenTasksReport) =>
+                Object.keys(item.assignmentsByProjects).map((key) => {
+                  const [projectName, experience] = key.split("/");
+                  return (
+                    <div key={key}>
+                      <Tooltip
+                        title={
+                          <span>
+                            There are potentially {item.assignmentsByProjects[key]} tasks from the
+                            project <i>{projectName}</i> available for automatic assignment for this
+                            user because they match the configured assignment criteria; especially
+                            the required experience level <i>{experience}</i>.
+                          </span>
+                        }
+                      >
+                        {projectName}: {item.assignmentsByProjects[key]}
+                      </Tooltip>
+                      <Tag style={{ marginLeft: 6 }}>{experience}</Tag>
+                    </div>
+                  );
+                })
               }
             />
           </Table>
diff --git a/frontend/javascripts/admin/statistic/project_progress_report_view.tsx b/frontend/javascripts/admin/statistic/project_progress_report_view.tsx
index 4be13c4546a..3599401a466 100644
--- a/frontend/javascripts/admin/statistic/project_progress_report_view.tsx
+++ b/frontend/javascripts/admin/statistic/project_progress_report_view.tsx
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class ProjectProgressReportView extends React.PureComponent<{}, State> {
               <Column
                 title={
                   <Badge
-                    count="Open"
+                    count="Pending"
                     style={{
                       background: colors.open,
                     }}
diff --git a/frontend/javascripts/admin/task/task_list_view.tsx b/frontend/javascripts/admin/task/task_list_view.tsx
index fff480f6292..d6d5aaecb56 100644
--- a/frontend/javascripts/admin/task/task_list_view.tsx
+++ b/frontend/javascripts/admin/task/task_list_view.tsx
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ class TaskListView extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
               key="status"
               render={(status, task: APITask) => (
                 <div className="nowrap">
-                  <span title="Open Instances">
+                  <span title="Pending Instances">
                     <PlayCircleOutlined />
                     {status.open}
                   </span>
diff --git a/frontend/javascripts/navbar.tsx b/frontend/javascripts/navbar.tsx
index 1ab4a0cab69..fca8370a59e 100644
--- a/frontend/javascripts/navbar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/javascripts/navbar.tsx
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ function getStatisticsSubMenu(collapse: boolean): SubMenuType {
         key: "/reports/openTasks",
         label: (
           <PricingEnforcedSpan requiredPricingPlan={PricingPlanEnum.Team}>
-            <Link to="/reports/openTasks">Open Tasks</Link>
+            <Link to="/reports/openTasks">Available Task Assignments</Link>
           </PricingEnforcedSpan>
         ),
       },