diff --git a/neutron_vpnaas_dashboard/dashboards/project/vpn/workflows.py b/neutron_vpnaas_dashboard/dashboards/project/vpn/workflows.py
index ab3587e..fedb4d0 100644
--- a/neutron_vpnaas_dashboard/dashboards/project/vpn/workflows.py
+++ b/neutron_vpnaas_dashboard/dashboards/project/vpn/workflows.py
@@ -583,7 +583,15 @@ class AddIPsecSiteConnectionOptionalAction(workflows.Action):
                     "is IPv6."))
     dpd_action = forms.ThemableChoiceField(
         label=_("Dead peer detection actions"),
-        required=False)
+        required=False,
+        help_text=_("1. Hold -  ends the connection and waits for the remote "
+                    "side to reconnect. 2. Clear - drops the connection and "
+                    "doesn’t try to bring it back. 3. Disabled - turns off "
+                    "dead peer detection entirely, so no active checks are "
+                    "sent. 4. Restart - starts trying to reconnect as soon "
+                    "as the timeout happens. 5. Restart-by-peer - the "
+                    "connection is re-established because the remote peer "
+                    "initiated the restart after a timeout or failure"))
     dpd_interval = forms.IntegerField(
         min_value=1, label=_("Dead peer detection interval"),
         initial=30,