diff --git a/lms/templates/courseware/courseware.html b/lms/templates/courseware/courseware.html
index 4a07bf31da..32e38c5a6d 100644
--- a/lms/templates/courseware/courseware.html
+++ b/lms/templates/courseware/courseware.html
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ ${fragment.foot_html()}
 % endif
 
 % if course.show_calculator:
-    <div class="calc-main">
+<div class="calc-main">
         <a title="${_('Open Calculator')}" href="#" role="button" aria-controls="calculator_wrapper" aria-expanded="false" class="calc">${_("Open Calculator")}</a>
         <div id="calculator_wrapper">
             <form id="calculator">
@@ -238,110 +238,29 @@ ${fragment.foot_html()}
                     <div class="help-wrapper">
                         <p class="sr" id="hint-instructions">${_('Use the arrow keys to navigate the tips or use the tab key to return to the calculator')}</p>
                         <a id="calculator_hint" href="#" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" tabindex="-1" aria-describedby="hint-instructions">${_("Hints")}</a>
-                        <ul id="calculator_input_help" class="help" aria-activedescendant="hint-integers" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true">
-                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-integers" tabindex="-1"><p><span class="bold">${_("Integers")}:</span> 2520</p></li>
-                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-decimals" tabindex="-1"><p><span class="bold">${_("Decimals")}:</span> 3.14 or .98</p></li>
-                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-scientific-notation" tabindex="-1"><p><span class="bold">${_("Scientific notation")}:</span> 1.2e-2 (=0.012), -4.4e+5 = -4.4e5 (=-440,000)</p></li>
-                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-appending-postfixes" tabindex="-1"><p><span class="bold">${_("Appending SI postfixes")}:</span> 2.25k (=2,250)</p></li>
-                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-supported-postfixes" tabindex="-1"><p><span class="bold">${_("Supported SI postfixes")}:</span></p>
-                            <table class="calc-postfixes">
-                              <tbody>
-                                <tr>
-                                  <td>%</td>
-                                  <td>percent</td>
-                                  <td>0.01 = 1e-2</td>
-                                </tr>
-                                <tr>
-                                  <td>T</td>
-                                  <td>tera</td>
-                                  <td>1e12</td>
-                                </tr>
-                                <tr>
-                                  <td>G</td>
-                                  <td>giga</td>
-                                  <td>1e9</td>
-                                </tr>
-                                <tr>
-                                  <td>M</td>
-                                  <td>mega</td>
-                                  <td>1e6</td>
-                                </tr>
-                                <tr>
-                                  <td>k</td>
-                                  <td>kilo</td>
-                                  <td>1000 = 1e3</td>
-                                </tr>
-                                <tr>
-                                  <td>c</td>
-                                  <td>centi</td>
-                                  <td>0.01 = 1e-2</td>
-                                </tr>
-                                <tr>
-                                  <td>m</td>
-                                  <td>milli</td>
-                                  <td>0.001 = 1e-3</td>
-                                </tr>
-                                <tr>
-                                  <td>u</td>
-                                  <td>micro</td>
-                                  <td>1e-6</td>
-                                </tr>
-                                <tr>
-                                  <td>n</td>
-                                  <td>nano</td>
-                                  <td>1e-9</td>
-                                </tr>
-                                <tr>
-                                  <td>p</td>
-                                  <td>pico</td>
-                                  <td>1e-12</td>
-                                </tr>
-                              </tbody>
-                            </table>
-                          </li>
-                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-operators" tabindex="-1"><p><span class="bold">${_("Operators")}:</span> + - * / ^ and || (${_("parallel resistors function")})</p></li>
-                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-functions" tabindex="-1"><p><span class="bold">${_("Functions")}:</span> sin, cos, tan, sqrt, log10, log2, ln, arccos, arcsin, arctan, abs, fact/factorial</p></li>
-                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-constants" tabindex="-1"><p><span class="bold">${_("Constants")}:</span></p>
-                            <table>
-                              <tbody>
-                              <tr>
-                                <td>j</td>
-                                <td>=</td>
-                                <td>sqrt(-1)</td>
-                              </tr>
-                              <tr>
-                                <td>e</td>
-                                <td>=</td>
-                                <td>${_("Euler's number")}</td>
-                              </tr>
-                              <tr>
-                                <td>pi</td>
-                                <td>=</td>
-                                <td>${_("ratio of a circle's circumference to it's diameter")}</td>
-                              </tr>
-                              <tr>
-                                <td>k</td>
-                                <td>=</td>
-                                <td>${_("Boltzmann constant")}</td>
-                              </tr>
-                              <tr>
-                                <td>c</td>
-                                <td>=</td>
-                                <td>${_("speed of light")}</td>
-                              </tr>
-                              <tr>
-                                <td>T</td>
-                                <td>=</td>
-                                <td>${_("Typical room temperature: 298.15 (Kelvin), same as 25C/77F")}</td>
-                              </tr>
-                              <tr>
-                                <td>q</td>
-                                <td>=</td>
-                                <td>${_("fundamental charge")}</td>
-                              </tr>
-                              </tbody>
-                            </table>
+                        <ul id="calculator_input_help" class="help" aria-activedescendant="hint-         moreinfo" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true">
+                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-moreinfo" tabindex="-1"><p><span class="bold">${_("For detailed information, see <a href="http://edx-guide-for-students.readthedocs.org/en/latest/SFD_mathformatting.html">Entering Mathematical and Scientific Expressions</a> in the <a href="http://edx-guide-for-students.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html">edX Guide for Students</a>.")}</span></p></li>
+                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-tips" tabindex="-1"><p><span class="bold">${_("
+                            Tips")}:</span> </p></li>
+                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-paren" tabindex="-1"><p>                         Use parentheses () to make expressions clear.</p></li>
+                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-spaces" tabindex="-1"><p>
+                            Do not use spaces in expressions.</p></li>
+                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-numbers" tabindex="-1"><p><span class="bold">${_("
+                            Numbers")}:</span> Integers, fractions, decimals. Examples: 2520, 2/3, 3.14, .98</p></li>
+                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-operators" tabindex="-1"><p><span class="bold">${_("Operators")}:</span> + - * / (add, subtract, multiply, divide), ^ (raise to a power), _ (add a subscript), || (parallel resistors). Examples: x^(n+1), v_IN+v_OUT, 1||2</p></li>
+                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-greek-letters" tabindex="-1"><p><span class="bold">${_("Greek letters")}:</span> Type name of letter. Examples: alpha, lambda</p></li>
+                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-constants" tabindex="-1"><p><span class="bold">${_("Constants")}:</span> c, e, g, i, j, k, pi, q, T </p></li>
+                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-functions" tabindex="-1"><p><span class="bold">${_("Functions")}:</span></p></li>
+                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-functions-intro" tabindex="-1"><p>To use functions, type name of function and then add expression in parentheses. Examples: sqrt(x+y), abs(x+y), log2(x+y), arccsch(x+y)</p>
+                            <ul>
+                              <li class="hint-item" id="hint-basic-functions" tabindex="-1"><p><span class="bold">${_("Basic")}:</span> abs, exp, fact or factorial, ln, log2, log10, sqrt</p></li>
+                              <li class="hint-item" id="hint-trig-functions" tabindex="-1"><p><span class="bold">${_("Trigonometric")}:</span>sin, cos, tan, sec, csc, cot; arcsin, sinh, arcsinh, etc.</p></li>
+                            </ul>
                           </li>
+                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-affixes" tabindex="-1"><p><span class="bold">${_("
+                            Affixes")}:</span> Percent sign (%) and metric affixes (d, c, m, u, n, p, k, M, G, T) </p></li>
+                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-affix-info" tabindex="-1"><p>Type number and affix. Examples: 20%, 15u, 8T</p></li>
+                          <li class="hint-item" id="hint-scientific-e-notation" tabindex="-1"><p><span class="bold">${_("Scientific and e Notation")}:</span> Type ^ or e and exponent. Examples: 10^-9, 10^3, 1e-9, 1e3</p></li>
                         </ul>
                     </div>
                 </div>
@@ -351,5 +270,6 @@ ${fragment.foot_html()}
 
         </div>
     </div>
+
 % endif
 <%include file="../modal/accessible_confirm.html" />