diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/wallet/static/pretixplugins/wallet/components/input/select.vue b/src/pretix/plugins/wallet/static/pretixplugins/wallet/components/input/select.vue
index 17705c6db6..485697e523 100644
--- a/src/pretix/plugins/wallet/static/pretixplugins/wallet/components/input/select.vue
+++ b/src/pretix/plugins/wallet/static/pretixplugins/wallet/components/input/select.vue
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ const props = defineProps<{
 	label?: string
 	choices: Array<[string, string]>
     errors?: string[],
-    class?: string
+    class?: string,
+    help_text?: string
 }>()
 const modelValue = defineModel<string|null>();
 const id = useId()
@@ -28,5 +29,6 @@ watchEffect(() => {
         label.control-label(v-if="props.label" :for="id") {{ props.label }}
         select.form-control(:id="id" v-model="modelValue" v-bind="$attrs" required)
             option(v-for="choice in props.choices" :key="choice[0]" :value="choice[0]") {{ choice[1] }}
+        .help-block(v-if="props.help_text") {{ help_text }}
         .help-block(v-if="props.errors" v-for="error in props.errors") {{ error }}
 </template>
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/wallet/static/pretixplugins/wallet/components/placeholder-field-settings.vue b/src/pretix/plugins/wallet/static/pretixplugins/wallet/components/placeholder-field-settings.vue
index fa88f59132..1729116b19 100644
--- a/src/pretix/plugins/wallet/static/pretixplugins/wallet/components/placeholder-field-settings.vue
+++ b/src/pretix/plugins/wallet/static/pretixplugins/wallet/components/placeholder-field-settings.vue
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import { StoreKey } from "../walletStore";
 const store = inject(StoreKey)!;
 
 const gettext = (window as any).gettext;
+const ngettext = (window as any).ngettext;
+const interpolate = (window as any).interpolate;
 
 const props = defineProps<{
     fieldgroup: PlaceholderFieldGroupDefinition;
@@ -60,6 +62,18 @@ const placeholderChoices = computed(() => {
     choices.push(["other", gettext("Other…")]);
     return choices;
 });
+
+const overflowText = computed(() => {
+    if (!props.fieldgroup.max_entries) {
+        return ""
+    }
+    const formats = ngettext(
+        'Maximum one field in this fieldgroup can be shown on the pass. The remaining fields will be shown in the selected fieldgroup.',
+        'Maximum %s fields in this fieldgroup can be shown on the pass. The remaining fields will be shown in the selected fieldgroup.',
+        props.fieldgroup.max_entries
+    );
+    return interpolate(formats, [props.fieldgroup.max_entries])
+})
 </script>
 
 <template lang="pug">
@@ -67,9 +81,9 @@ const placeholderChoices = computed(() => {
         .panel-heading
             h3.panel-title {{ fieldgroup.name }}
         .panel-body(v-if="fieldConfig")
+            span.text-muted(v-if="fieldgroup.description") {{ fieldgroup.description }}
+            h4 {{ gettext("Content") }}
             .form-group()
-                span.text-muted(v-if="fieldgroup.description") {{ fieldgroup.description }}
-                h4 {{ gettext("Content") }}
                 table.table.table-hover
                     thead
                         tr
@@ -97,5 +111,5 @@ const placeholderChoices = computed(() => {
                 button.btn.btn-default(type="button" @click="addVariable")
                     i.fa.fa-plus
                     |  {{ gettext("Add field") }}
-            Select(:label="gettext('Overflow to …')" :choices="overflowOptions" v-model="fieldConfig.overflow")
+            Select(:label="gettext('Overflow to …')" :choices="overflowOptions" v-model="fieldConfig.overflow" :help_text="overflowText")
 </template>
diff --git a/src/pretix/static/pretixbase/js/gettextstub.js b/src/pretix/static/pretixbase/js/gettextstub.js
index 069d5f40ea..be5071a19e 100644
--- a/src/pretix/static/pretixbase/js/gettextstub.js
+++ b/src/pretix/static/pretixbase/js/gettextstub.js
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ function pgettext (context, msgid) {
 
 function interpolate (fmt, object, named) {
 	if (named) {
-		return fmt.replace(/%\(\w+\)s/g, function (match) { return String(obj[match.slice(2, -2)]) })
+		return fmt.replace(/%\(\w+\)s/g, function (match) { return String(object[match.slice(2, -2)]) })
 	} else {
-		return fmt.replace(/%s/g, function (match) { return String(obj.shift()) })
+		return fmt.replace(/%s/g, function (match) { return String(object.shift()) })
 	}
 }