diff --git a/client/public/locales/en/translation.json b/client/public/locales/en/translation.json
index a4de299d5a..6244961e03 100644
--- a/client/public/locales/en/translation.json
+++ b/client/public/locales/en/translation.json
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@
     "details": "Details",
     "displayName": "Display name",
     "effort": "Effort",
+    "totalEffort": "Total Effort",
     "effortEstimate": "Effort estimate",
     "email": "Email",
     "error": "Error",
diff --git a/client/src/app/pages/applications/applications-table/applications-table.tsx b/client/src/app/pages/applications/applications-table/applications-table.tsx
index 51f2cefe11..ea30554b43 100644
--- a/client/src/app/pages/applications/applications-table/applications-table.tsx
+++ b/client/src/app/pages/applications/applications-table/applications-table.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   DropdownItem,
   Modal,
   Tooltip,
+  Text,
 } from "@patternfly/react-core";
 import { PencilAltIcon, TagIcon } from "@patternfly/react-icons";
 import {
@@ -109,6 +110,8 @@ import { useFetchArchetypes } from "@app/queries/archetypes";
 import { ApplicationFormModal } from "../components/application-form";
 import { ManageColumnsToolbar } from "./components/manage-columns-toolbar";
 
+import { QuestionCircleIcon } from "@patternfly/react-icons";
+
 export const ApplicationsTable: React.FC = () => {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const history = useHistory();
@@ -845,9 +848,35 @@ export const ApplicationsTable: React.FC = () => {
                   <Th {...getThProps({ columnKey: "tags" })} width={10} />
                 )}
                 {getColumnVisibility("effort") && (
-                  <Th {...getThProps({ columnKey: "effort" })} width={10} />
+                  <Th
+                    {...getThProps({ columnKey: "effort" })}
+                    style={{ paddingRight: 0 }}
+                  >
+                    <div style={{ display: "flex", alignItems: "center" }}>
+                      <div>
+                        <span style={{ marginRight: "5px" }}>Effort</span>
+                      </div>
+                      <div style={{ marginLeft: "5px" }}>
+                        <Tooltip
+                          content={
+                            <>
+                              <Text>
+                                This column shows the total application effort.
+                              </Text>
+                            </>
+                          }
+                          position="right"
+                        >
+                          <div
+                            style={{ display: "flex", alignItems: "center" }}
+                          >
+                            <QuestionCircleIcon className="h-5 w-5 text-gray-400" />
+                          </div>
+                        </Tooltip>
+                      </div>
+                    </div>
+                  </Th>
                 )}
-                <Th />
               </TableHeaderContentWithControls>
             </Tr>
           </Thead>
diff --git a/client/src/app/pages/issues/affected-applications/affected-applications.tsx b/client/src/app/pages/issues/affected-applications/affected-applications.tsx
index c0db18e0fd..e861b31396 100644
--- a/client/src/app/pages/issues/affected-applications/affected-applications.tsx
+++ b/client/src/app/pages/issues/affected-applications/affected-applications.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   Toolbar,
   ToolbarContent,
   ToolbarItem,
+  Tooltip,
 } from "@patternfly/react-core";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { Table, Tbody, Td, Th, Thead, Tr } from "@patternfly/react-table";
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import {
 } from "../helpers";
 import { IssueDetailDrawer } from "../issue-detail-drawer";
 import { TablePersistenceKeyPrefix } from "@app/Constants";
+import { QuestionCircleIcon } from "@patternfly/react-icons";
 
 interface IAffectedApplicationsRouteParams {
   ruleset: string;
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ export const AffectedApplications: React.FC = () => {
       name: "Name",
       description: "Description",
       businessService: "Business service",
-      effort: "Total Effort",
+      effort: "Effort",
       incidents: "Incidents",
     },
     isFilterEnabled: true,
@@ -181,7 +183,35 @@ export const AffectedApplications: React.FC = () => {
                     <Th {...getThProps({ columnKey: "name" })} />
                     <Th {...getThProps({ columnKey: "description" })} />
                     <Th {...getThProps({ columnKey: "businessService" })} />
-                    <Th {...getThProps({ columnKey: "effort" })} />
+                    <Th
+                      {...getThProps({ columnKey: "effort" })}
+                      style={{ paddingRight: 0 }}
+                    >
+                      <div style={{ display: "flex", alignItems: "center" }}>
+                        <div>
+                          <span style={{ marginRight: "5px" }}>Effort</span>
+                        </div>
+                        <div style={{ marginLeft: "5px" }}>
+                          <Tooltip
+                            content={
+                              <>
+                                <Text>
+                                  This column shows the total calculated effort
+                                  for all incidents related to this file.
+                                </Text>
+                              </>
+                            }
+                            position="right"
+                          >
+                            <div
+                              style={{ display: "flex", alignItems: "center" }}
+                            >
+                              <QuestionCircleIcon className="h-5 w-5 text-gray-400" />
+                            </div>
+                          </Tooltip>
+                        </div>
+                      </div>
+                    </Th>
                     <Th {...getThProps({ columnKey: "incidents" })} />
                   </TableHeaderContentWithControls>
                 </Tr>
diff --git a/client/src/app/pages/issues/issues-table.tsx b/client/src/app/pages/issues/issues-table.tsx
index 9e831c3e3a..e4dbbb9eb7 100644
--- a/client/src/app/pages/issues/issues-table.tsx
+++ b/client/src/app/pages/issues/issues-table.tsx
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ import { AffectedAppsLink } from "./affected-apps-link";
 import { ConditionalTooltip } from "@app/components/ConditionalTooltip";
 import { IssueDetailDrawer } from "./issue-detail-drawer";
 import { IssueDescriptionAndLinks } from "./components/issue-description-and-links";
+import { QuestionCircleIcon } from "@patternfly/react-icons";
 
 export interface IIssuesTableProps {
   mode: "allIssues" | "singleApp";
@@ -328,7 +329,33 @@ export const IssuesTable: React.FC<IIssuesTableProps> = ({ mode }) => {
               <Th {...getThProps({ columnKey: "category" })} />
               <Th {...getThProps({ columnKey: "source" })} />
               <Th {...getThProps({ columnKey: "target" })} />
-              <Th {...getThProps({ columnKey: "effort" })} />
+              <Th
+                {...getThProps({ columnKey: "effort" })}
+                style={{ paddingRight: 0 }}
+              >
+                <div style={{ display: "flex", alignItems: "center" }}>
+                  <div>
+                    <span style={{ marginRight: "5px" }}>Effort</span>
+                  </div>
+                  <div style={{ marginLeft: "5px" }}>
+                    <Tooltip
+                      content={
+                        <>
+                          <Text>
+                            This column shows the effort weight for a single
+                            issue incident.
+                          </Text>
+                        </>
+                      }
+                      position="right"
+                    >
+                      <div style={{ display: "flex", alignItems: "center" }}>
+                        <QuestionCircleIcon className="h-5 w-5 text-gray-400" />
+                      </div>
+                    </Tooltip>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+              </Th>
               <Th {...getThProps({ columnKey: "affected" })} />
             </TableHeaderContentWithControls>
           </Tr>