diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/editor/editor.js.erb b/app/assets/javascripts/editor/editor.js.erb
index f6ff6887..e16d37a7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/editor/editor.js.erb
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/editor/editor.js.erb
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ configureEditors: function () {
     this.clearOutput();
     $('#hint').fadeOut();
     $('#flowrHint').fadeOut();
+    this.clearHints();
     this.showOutputBar();
   },
 
@@ -512,6 +513,30 @@ configureEditors: function () {
     }
   },
 
+  clearHints: function() {
+    var container = $('#error-hints');
+    container.find('ul.body > li.hint').remove();
+    container.fadeOut();
+  },
+
+  showHint: function(message) {
+    var template = function(description, hint) {
+      return '\
+           <li class="hint">\
+             <div class="description">\
+               ' + description + '\
+             </div>\
+             <div class="hint">\
+               ' + hint + '\
+             </div>\
+           </li>\
+         '
+    };
+    var container = $('#error-hints');
+    container.find('ul.body').append(template(message.description, message.hint));
+    container.fadeIn();
+  },
+
   showContainerDepletedMessage: function() {
     $.flash.danger({
       icon: ['fa', 'fa-clock-o'],
@@ -692,4 +717,4 @@ configureEditors: function () {
     // create autosave when the editor is opened the first time
     this.autosave();
   }
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/editor/execution.js.erb b/app/assets/javascripts/editor/execution.js.erb
index 37c53cb0..0d2015e4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/editor/execution.js.erb
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/editor/execution.js.erb
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ CodeOceanEditorWebsocket = {
     this.websocket.on('exit', this.handleExitCommand.bind(this));
     this.websocket.on('timeout', this.showTimeoutMessage.bind(this));
     this.websocket.on('status', this.showStatus.bind(this));
+    this.websocket.on('hint', this.showHint.bind(this));
   },
 
   handleExitCommand: function() {
@@ -53,4 +54,4 @@ CodeOceanEditorWebsocket = {
     this.cleanUpTurtle();
     this.cleanUpUI();
   }
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/editor.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/editor.css.scss
index a38157b4..d98868eb 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/editor.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/editor.css.scss
@@ -193,3 +193,24 @@ button i.fa-spin {
 .enforce-bottom-margin {
   margin-bottom: 5px !important;
 }
+
+#error-hints {
+  display: none;
+  background-color: #FAFAFA;
+
+  .heading {
+    font-weight: bold;
+    font-size: larger;
+  }
+
+  ul.body {
+
+    li.hint {
+      .description {
+        font-style: italic;
+      }
+
+      .hint {}
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/controllers/submissions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/submissions_controller.rb
index 009e93b7..4f1bb49f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/submissions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/submissions_controller.rb
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class SubmissionsController < ApplicationController
   def kill_socket(tubesock)
     # search for errors and save them as StructuredError (for scoring runs see submission_scoring.rb)
     extract_errors.each do | error |
-      tubesock.send_data JSON.dump({cmd: 'hint', hint: error.hint})
+      tubesock.send_data JSON.dump({cmd: 'hint', hint: error.hint, description: error.error_template.description})
     end
 
     # save the output of this "run" as a "testrun" (scoring runs are saved in submission_scoring.rb)
diff --git a/app/views/exercises/_editor_output.html.slim b/app/views/exercises/_editor_output.html.slim
index 4b255d5a..36401d30 100644
--- a/app/views/exercises/_editor_output.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/exercises/_editor_output.html.slim
@@ -47,9 +47,12 @@ div id='output_sidebar_uncollapsed' class='hidden col-sm-12 enforce-bottom-margi
       input#prompt-input.form-control type='text'
       span.input-group-btn
         button#prompt-submit.btn.btn-primary type="button" = t('exercises.editor.send')
+    #error-hints
+      .heading = t('exercises.implement.error_hints.heading')
+      ul.body
     #output
       pre = t('exercises.implement.no_output_yet')
     - if CodeOcean::Config.new(:code_ocean).read[:flowr][:enabled]
       #flowrHint.panel.panel-info data-url=CodeOcean::Config.new(:code_ocean).read[:flowr][:url] role='tab'
         .panel-heading = 'Gain more insights here'
-        .panel-body
\ No newline at end of file
+        .panel-body
diff --git a/config/locales/de.yml b/config/locales/de.yml
index 4eac60b8..fcf5f632 100644
--- a/config/locales/de.yml
+++ b/config/locales/de.yml
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ de:
       break_intervention:
         title: "Pause"
         text: "Uns ist aufgefallen, dass du schon lange an dieser Aufgabe arbeitest. Möchtest du vielleicht später weiter machen um erstmal auf neue Gedanken zu kommen?"
+      error_hints:
+        heading: "Hinweise"
     index:
       clone: Duplizieren
       implement: Implementieren
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 999a644c..90544a34 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ en:
       break_intervention:
         title: "Break"
         text: "We recognized that you are already working quite a while on this exercise. We would like to encourage you to take a break and come back later."
+      error_hints:
+        heading: "Hints"
     index:
       clone: Duplicate
       implement: Implement