diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/composer.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/composer.js.handlebars
index db0ce21fc45..83675e2e31b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/composer.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/composer.js.handlebars
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
                 <button class='btn' {{action showOptions target="controller"}}>{{i18n topic.options}}</button>
               {{/if}}
               {{#if content.showAdminOptions}}
-                <button class="btn no-text" {{action toggleAdminOptions target="view"}}><i class="icon icon-wrench"></i></button>
+                <button {{action toggleAdminOptions target="view"}} class="btn no-text" title='{{i18n composer.admin_options_title}}'><i class="icon icon-wrench"></i></button>
               {{/if}}
             {{/unless}}
           </div>
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index d145c87cc65..443c9d9e329 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ en:
       help: "Markdown Editing Help"
       toggler: "hide or show the composer panel"
 
+      admin_options_title: "Optional staff settings for this topic"
       auto_close_label: "Auto-close topic after:"
       auto_close_units: "days"