diff --git a/inc/category.class.php b/inc/category.class.php
index 5384818c9..f7618000a 100644
--- a/inc/category.class.php
+++ b/inc/category.class.php
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ public static function getCategoryTree(): array {
          'SELECT' => [
             'id',
             'name',
+            'comment',
             "$categoryFk as parent",
             'level',
             new QueryExpression(
diff --git a/inc/knowbase.class.php b/inc/knowbase.class.php
index 710706350..a043195f3 100644
--- a/inc/knowbase.class.php
+++ b/inc/knowbase.class.php
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ public static function getCategoryTree() {
          'SELECT' => [
             KnowbaseItemCategory::getTableField('id'),
             KnowbaseItemCategory::getTableField('name'),
+            KnowbaseItemCategory::getTableField('comment'),
             KnowbaseItemCategory::getTableField($cat_fk),
             $items_subquery,
          ],
diff --git a/js/scripts.js b/js/scripts.js
index f43528826..8b1a836b3 100644
--- a/js/scripts.js
+++ b/js/scripts.js
@@ -343,7 +343,8 @@ function buildKbCategoryList(tree) {
    if (tree.id != 0) {
       html += '<a href="#" data-parent-category-id="' + tree.parent +'"'
          + ' data-category-id="' + tree.id + '"'
-         + ' onclick="plugin_formcreator.updateKbitemsView(this)">'
+         + ' onclick="plugin_formcreator.updateKbitemsView(this)"'
+         + ' title="' + tree.comment + '">'
          + tree.name
          + '</a>';
    }
@@ -364,7 +365,7 @@ function buildCategoryList(tree) {
       html = '<a href="#" data-parent-category-id="' + tree.parent +'"'
          + ' data-category-id="' + tree.id + '"'
          + ' onclick="plugin_formcreator.updateWizardFormsView(this)"'
-         + 'title="' + tree.name + '">'
+         + ' title="' + tree.comment + '">'
          + tree.name
          + '</a>';
    }