Clarify documentation for text in legends

alphagov · Jun 6, 2017 · a1b9e7b · a1b9e7b
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diff --git a/app/views/guide_form_elements.html b/app/views/guide_form_elements.html
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ <h3 class="heading-medium" id="form-fieldsets">Fieldsets and legends</h3>
   <p class="text">
     Use fieldsets to group related form controls. The first element inside a fieldset must be a <code class="code">legend</code> element which describes the group.
   </p>
+  <p class="text">
+    Any general text which is important for filling in the form and cannot be put into a <a href="#form-hint-text">hint</a>, should be in that legend (as shown in the <a href="#form-checkboxes">checkbox example</a>). But the legend shouldn't be too long either.
+  </p>
 
   <h3 class="heading-medium" id="form-select-boxes">Select boxes</h3>
   <p class="text">