diff --git a/src/program/migrations/0035_auto_20170314_2325.py b/src/program/migrations/0035_auto_20170314_2325.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46163b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/program/migrations/0035_auto_20170314_2325.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.10.5 on 2017-03-14 22:25
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('program', '0034_auto_20170314_2012'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='eventlocation',
+            name='icon',
+            field=models.CharField(help_text="hex for the unicode character in the fontawesome icon set to use, like 'f000' for 'fa-glass'", max_length=100),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/program/models.py b/src/program/models.py
index 4e6ce70b..d235cbad 100644
--- a/src/program/models.py
+++ b/src/program/models.py
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ class EventLocation(CampRelatedModel):
     slug = models.SlugField()
 
     icon = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100
+        max_length=100,
+        help_text="hex for the unicode character in the fontawesome icon set to use, like 'f000' for 'fa-glass'"
     )
 
     camp = models.ForeignKey(