diff --git a/cms/templates/js/course_grade_policy.underscore b/cms/templates/js/course_grade_policy.underscore
index db129614f6..a115637de4 100644
--- a/cms/templates/js/course_grade_policy.underscore
+++ b/cms/templates/js/course_grade_policy.underscore
@@ -1,36 +1,36 @@
 <li class="field-group course-grading-assignment-list-item">
   <div class="field text" id="field-course-grading-assignment-name">
   	<label for="course-grading-assignment-name">Assignment Type	Name</label>
-  	<input type="text" class="long" id="course-grading-assignment-name" value="<%= model.get('type') %>" /> 
-  	<span class="tip tip-stacked">e.g. Homework, Midterm Exams</span> 
+  	<input type="text" class="long" id="course-grading-assignment-name" value="<%= model.get('type') %>" />
+  	<span class="tip tip-stacked">e.g. Homework, Midterm Exams</span>
   </div>
 
   <div class="field text" id="field-course-grading-assignment-shortname">
     <label for="course-grading-assignment-shortname">Abbreviation:</label>
-    <input type="text" class="short" id="course-grading-assignment-shortname" value="<%= model.get('short_label') %>" /> 
+    <input type="text" class="short" id="course-grading-assignment-shortname" value="<%= model.get('short_label') %>" />
     <span class="tip tip-inline">e.g. HW, Midterm</span>
   </div>
-  
+
   <div class="field text" id="field-course-grading-assignment-gradeweight">
     <label for="course-grading-assignment-gradeweight">Weight of Total Grade</label>
-    <input type="text" class="short" id="course-grading-assignment-gradeweight" value = "<%= model.get('weight') %>" /> 
-    <span class="tip tip-inline">e.g. 25%</span>
+    <input type="text" class="short" id="course-grading-assignment-gradeweight" value = "<%= model.get('weight') %>" />
+    <span class="tip tip-inline">as a percent, e.g. 40</span>
   </div>
-  
+
   <div class="field text" id="field-course-grading-assignment-totalassignments">
     <label for="course-grading-assignment-totalassignments">Total
 			Number</label>
-    <input type="text" class="short" id="course-grading-assignment-totalassignments" value = "<%= model.get('min_count') %>" /> 
+    <input type="text" class="short" id="course-grading-assignment-totalassignments" value = "<%= model.get('min_count') %>" />
     <span class="tip tip-inline">total exercises assigned</span>
   </div>
-  
+
   <div class="field text" id="field-course-grading-assignment-droppable">
     <label for="course-grading-assignment-droppable">Number of
 			Droppable</label>
     <input type="text" class="short" id="course-grading-assignment-droppable" value = "<%= model.get('drop_count') %>" />
     <span class="tip tip-inline">total exercises that won't be graded</span>
   </div>
-  
+
   <div class="actions">
   	<a href="#" class="button delete-button standard remove-item remove-grading-data"><span class="delete-icon"></span>Delete</a>
   </div>