diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/wiki.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/wiki.scss
index 7afadb7364dea9439374c1d7665b59d58a3e89ed..6423c7d6302f6be6d540ac3926c40ef38eb3db0c 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/wiki.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/wiki.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+.new-wiki-page {
+  .new-wiki-page-slug-tip {
+    display: inline-block;
+    max-width: 100%;
+    margin-top: 5px;
+  }
+}
+
 .title .edit-wiki-header {
   width: 780px;
   margin-left: auto;
diff --git a/app/views/projects/wikis/_new.html.haml b/app/views/projects/wikis/_new.html.haml
index c74f53b4c39fed8f7af6f81c8ea4fb008a764e3d..f9f8fc63288552598608cdc97f84246a95a0617d 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/wikis/_new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/wikis/_new.html.haml
@@ -13,5 +13,9 @@
               = label_tag :new_wiki_path do
                 %span Page slug
               = text_field_tag :new_wiki_path, nil, placeholder: 'how-to-setup', class: 'form-control', required: true, :'data-wikis-path' => namespace_project_wikis_path(@project.namespace, @project), autofocus: true
+              %span.new-wiki-page-slug-tip
+                %i.fa.fa-lightbulb-o
+                 Tip: You can specify the full path for the new file.
+                We will automatically create any missing directories.
             .form-actions
               = button_tag 'Create Page', class: 'build-new-wiki btn btn-create'