diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/SystemOneForm.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/SystemOneForm.tsx
index 5d53bc2d620..cfffb30bb5d 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/SystemOneForm.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/SystemOneForm.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ import {
 import type { SystemOnePayloadValidation } from "./lib/validatePayload";
 
 const QUESTION_TYPES: readonly QuestionType[] = ["choice", "noul", "score"];
-const TYPE_LABELS: Record<QuestionType, string> = { choice: "Choice", noul: "Yes / no", score: "Score" };
+const TYPE_LABELS: Record<QuestionType, string> = { choice: "Choice", noul: "noul", score: "Score" };
+const TYPE_HELP: Record<QuestionType, string | undefined> = {
+  choice: undefined,
+  noul: "noul is a yes / no question",
+  score: undefined,
+};
 
 const isQuestionType = (value: unknown): value is QuestionType => QUESTION_TYPES.some((type) => type === value);
 
@@ -219,7 +224,7 @@ function QuestionCard({ name, question, taken, onChange, onRename, onRemove }: Q
           </SelectTrigger>
           <SelectContent>
             {QUESTION_TYPES.map((type) => (
-              <SelectItem key={type} value={type}>
+              <SelectItem key={type} value={type} title={TYPE_HELP[type]}>
                 {TYPE_LABELS[type]}
               </SelectItem>
             ))}
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/SystemOneUI.integration.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/SystemOneUI.integration.test.tsx
index c5c6023cf27..eb75c836b2b 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/SystemOneUI.integration.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/SystemOneUI.integration.test.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 import type { ReactElement } from "react";
 import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import SystemOneUI from "./SystemOneUI";
+import SystemOneUI, { NOUL_HELP } from "./SystemOneUI";
 import type { SystemOneResponse } from "./lib/schemas";
 import type { OpenAIDecisionsResponse } from "./lib/openAIDecisions";
 
@@ -920,6 +920,22 @@ describe("SystemOneUI integration", () => {
       fireEvent.blur(field);
     }
 
+    it("explains noul on hover in the banner and on the answer type option", async () => {
+      const user = userEvent.setup();
+      render(<SystemOneUI accessToken="session-key" />);
+
+      await user.hover(screen.getByText("noul", { selector: "span.cursor-help" }));
+      expect(await screen.findByText(NOUL_HELP)).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+      question("has_repro_steps").getByRole("combobox", { name: "Answer type" }).focus();
+      await user.keyboard("{ArrowDown}");
+      expect(await screen.findByRole("option", { name: "noul" })).toHaveAttribute(
+        "title",
+        "noul is a yes / no question",
+      );
+      expect(screen.getByRole("option", { name: "Choice" })).not.toHaveAttribute("title");
+    });
+
     it("sends a choice and a yes/no question built in the form without opening JSON", async () => {
       const user = userEvent.setup();
       render(<SystemOneUI accessToken="session-key" />);
@@ -941,7 +957,7 @@ describe("SystemOneUI integration", () => {
       fill(question("team").getByRole("textbox", { name: "Description of infra" }), "Deploys");
 
       await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Add question" }));
-      await pickAnswerType(user, "question_1", "Yes / no");
+      await pickAnswerType(user, "question_1", "noul");
       rename(question("question_1").getByRole("textbox", { name: "Question name" }), "urgent");
       fill(question("urgent").getByRole("textbox", { name: "Instructions" }), "Is this blocking users?");
       fill(question("urgent").getByRole("textbox", { name: "Yes means" }), "Nobody can log in");
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/SystemOneUI.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/SystemOneUI.tsx
index c46238315ff..3d2d4c0f1a0 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/SystemOneUI.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/playground/components/systemOneUI/SystemOneUI.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
 import { Select, SelectContent, SelectItem, SelectTrigger, SelectValue } from "@/components/ui/select";
 import { Tabs, TabsContent, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
+import { SimpleTooltip } from "@/components/ui/tooltip";
 import { SearchSelect } from "@/components/shared/SearchSelect";
 import { DECISIONS_DOCS_URL } from "@/lib/decisionModels";
 import { uiHref } from "@/utils/uiHref";
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ interface SystemOneSendVariables {
   signal: AbortSignal;
 }
 
+export const NOUL_HELP = "noul is a yes / no question. The model returns the probability that the answer is yes.";
 const CUSTOM_PRESET = "custom";
 const DECISION_MODELS_DISCUSSION_URL = "https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/discussions/44231";
 
@@ -265,9 +267,17 @@ export default function SystemOneUI({ accessToken, disabledPersonalKeyCreation =
           <Info />
           <AlertTitle>{endpoint}</AlertTitle>
           <AlertDescription>
-            {endpoint === "/v1/decisions"
-              ? "Uses input and a questions array with predicate, choice, and score questions. Edit the form or JSON and inspect the response JSON in the OpenAI Decisions format."
-              : "Uses state and a questions object with noul, choice, and score questions in the System One format."}{" "}
+            {endpoint === "/v1/decisions" ? (
+              "Uses input and a questions array with predicate, choice, and score questions. Edit the form or JSON and inspect the response JSON in the OpenAI Decisions format."
+            ) : (
+              <>
+                Uses state and a questions object with{" "}
+                <SimpleTooltip content={NOUL_HELP} className="underline decoration-dotted underline-offset-2">
+                  noul
+                </SimpleTooltip>
+                , choice, and score questions in the System One format.
+              </>
+            )}{" "}
             Pick a decision model under Model, or omit model to use the proxy&apos;s configured default.{" "}
             <a href={DECISIONS_DOCS_URL} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" className="underline">
               How to call /v1/decisions and /v1/systemone