diff --git a/lib/formslib.php b/lib/formslib.php
index 03d3260ad80..32604fa8e0d 100644
--- a/lib/formslib.php
+++ b/lib/formslib.php
@@ -630,10 +630,10 @@ class MoodleQuickForm extends HTML_QuickForm_DHTMLRulesTableless {
         }else {
             $this->updateAttributes(array('class'=>'mform'));
         }
-        $this->_reqHTML = '<img class="req" alt="'.get_string('requiredelement', 'form').'" src="'.$CFG->pixpath.'/req.gif'.'" />';
-        $this->_advancedHTML = '<img class="adv" alt="'.get_string('advancedelement', 'form').'" src="'.$CFG->pixpath.'/adv.gif'.'" />';
-        $this->setRequiredNote(get_string('somefieldsrequired', 'form').
-            helpbutton('requiredelement', get_string('requiredelement', 'form'), 'moodle', true, false, '', true));
+        $this->_reqHTML = '<img class="req" title="'.get_string('requiredelement', 'form').'" alt="'.get_string('requiredelement', 'form').'" src="'.$CFG->pixpath.'/req.gif'.'" />';
+        $this->_advancedHTML = '<img class="adv" title="'.get_string('advancedelement', 'form').'" alt="'.get_string('advancedelement', 'form').'" src="'.$CFG->pixpath.'/adv.gif'.'" />';
+        $this->setRequiredNote(get_string('somefieldsrequired', 'form', '<img alt="'.get_string('requiredelement', 'form').'" src="'.$CFG->pixpath.'/req.gif'.'" />'));
+        //(Help file doesn't add anything) helpbutton('requiredelement', get_string('requiredelement', 'form'), 'moodle', true, false, '', true));
     }
 
     /**