diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/SearchField.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/SearchField.java
index 1ee033d4..9041c3d7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/SearchField.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/SearchField.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import net.minecraftforge.fluids.FluidStack;
 import codechicken.lib.gui.GuiDraw;
 import codechicken.nei.ItemList.NothingItemFilter;
 import codechicken.nei.SearchTokenParser.ISearchParserProvider;
-import codechicken.nei.SearchTokenParser.SearchMode;
 import codechicken.nei.api.IRecipeFilter;
 import codechicken.nei.api.IRecipeFilter.IRecipeFilterProvider;
 import codechicken.nei.api.ItemFilter;
@@ -85,8 +84,8 @@ public class SearchField extends TextField implements ItemFilterProvider {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public SearchMode getSearchMode() {
-            return SearchMode.fromInt(NEIClientConfig.getIntSetting("inventory.search." + this.name + "SearchMode"));
+        public String getName() {
+            return this.name;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/SearchTokenParser.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/SearchTokenParser.java
index 2fdeb3bb..c702afe4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/SearchTokenParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/SearchTokenParser.java
@@ -59,7 +59,13 @@ public class SearchTokenParser {
 
         public EnumChatFormatting getHighlightedColor();
 
-        public SearchMode getSearchMode();
+        default SearchMode getSearchMode() {
+            return SearchMode.fromInt(NEIClientConfig.getIntSetting("inventory.search." + getName() + "SearchMode"));
+        }
+
+        default String getName() {
+            return String.valueOf(getPrefix());
+        }
     }
 
     private static class ProvidersCache {
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/SubsetWidget.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/SubsetWidget.java
index fbefad25..654a61f9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/SubsetWidget.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/SubsetWidget.java
@@ -399,8 +399,8 @@ public class SubsetWidget extends Button implements ItemFilterProvider {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public SearchMode getSearchMode() {
-            return SearchMode.fromInt(NEIClientConfig.getIntSetting("inventory.search.subsetsSearchMode"));
+        public String getName() {
+            return "subsets";
         }
 
         private boolean matches(String name, String searchText, Pattern pattern) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/GuiRecipe.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/GuiRecipe.java
index 8c9b6802..1baca6a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/GuiRecipe.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/GuiRecipe.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import codechicken.nei.PositionedStack;
 import codechicken.nei.RecipeSearchField;
 import codechicken.nei.RestartableTask;
 import codechicken.nei.SearchField;
+import codechicken.nei.SearchTokenParser.ISearchParserProvider;
+import codechicken.nei.SearchTokenParser.SearchMode;
 import codechicken.nei.VisiblityData;
 import codechicken.nei.Widget;
 import codechicken.nei.api.IGuiContainerOverlay;
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ import codechicken.nei.scroll.ScrollBar;
 import codechicken.nei.scroll.ScrollBar.OverflowType;
 import codechicken.nei.scroll.ScrollBar.ScrollPlace;
 import codechicken.nei.scroll.ScrollContainer;
+import codechicken.nei.search.SearchExpressionUtils;
 import codechicken.nei.util.EmptyContainer;
 import codechicken.nei.util.SlotInaccessible;
 
@@ -173,6 +176,59 @@ public abstract class GuiRecipe<H extends IRecipeHandler> extends GuiContainer i
             return true;
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public void addTooltips(List<String> tooltip) {
+            tooltip.add(NEIClientUtils.translate("recipe.search.tooltip.name") + GuiDraw.TOOLTIP_LINESPACE);
+
+            if (NEIClientUtils.shiftKey()) {
+                tooltip.add(
+                        NEIClientUtils.translate(
+                                "recipe.search.tooltip.input",
+                                SearchExpressionUtils.HIGHLIGHTS.RECIPE + "<"));
+                tooltip.add(
+                        NEIClientUtils.translate(
+                                "recipe.search.tooltip.output",
+                                SearchExpressionUtils.HIGHLIGHTS.RECIPE + ">"));
+
+                for (ISearchParserProvider provider : SearchField.searchParser.getProviders()) {
+                    if (provider.getSearchMode() == SearchMode.PREFIX) {
+                        addPrefixTooltip(tooltip, provider);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                tooltip.add(
+                        NEIClientUtils.translate(
+                                "recipe.search.tooltip.exclude",
+                                SearchExpressionUtils.HIGHLIGHTS.NEGATE + "-"));
+                tooltip.add(
+                        NEIClientUtils.translate(
+                                "recipe.search.tooltip.exclude_recipe",
+                                SearchExpressionUtils.HIGHLIGHTS.NEGATE + "!"));
+                tooltip.add(
+                        NEIClientUtils
+                                .translate("recipe.search.tooltip.or", SearchExpressionUtils.HIGHLIGHTS.OR.f + "|"));
+                tooltip.add(
+                        NEIClientUtils.translate(
+                                "recipe.search.tooltip.exact",
+                                SearchExpressionUtils.HIGHLIGHTS.QUOTED + "\"",
+                                SearchExpressionUtils.HIGHLIGHTS.QUOTED + "\""));
+            } else {
+                tooltip.add(NEIClientUtils.translate("recipe.search.tooltip.shift"));
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        private void addPrefixTooltip(List<String> tooltip, ISearchParserProvider provider) {
+            final char prefix = SearchField.searchParser.getRedefinedPrefix(provider.getPrefix());
+            final String modeName = NEIClientUtils.translate("recipe.search.tooltip.prefix." + provider.getName());
+
+            tooltip.add(
+                    NEIClientUtils.translate(
+                            "recipe.search.tooltip.prefix",
+                            provider.getHighlightedColor() + String.valueOf(prefix),
+                            modeName));
+        }
+
     };
 
     /**
@@ -760,6 +816,10 @@ public abstract class GuiRecipe<H extends IRecipeHandler> extends GuiContainer i
 
         this.recipeTabs.handleTooltip(mousex, mousey, currenttip);
 
+        if (this.handler != null && this.handler.searchingAvailable()) {
+            currenttip = GuiRecipe.toggleSearch.handleTooltip(mousex, mousey, currenttip);
+        }
+
         if (currenttip.isEmpty() && isHandlerTitleHovered(mousex, mousey)) {
             currenttip.add(NEIClientUtils.translate("recipe.tab.view_all.tooltip"));
         }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/nei/lang/en_US.lang b/src/main/resources/assets/nei/lang/en_US.lang
index f0ca179b..e0cf7e8f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/nei/lang/en_US.lang
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/nei/lang/en_US.lang
@@ -571,6 +571,24 @@ nei.debug.RecipeHandler.reset=Reset
 nei.recipe.page=Page %s/%s
 nei.recipe.tooltip=Recipes
 nei.recipe.tab.view_all.tooltip=View all categories
+nei.recipe.search.tooltip.name=Filter Syntax
+nei.recipe.search.tooltip.shift=§7Hold §6Shift§7 for more info
+nei.recipe.search.tooltip.input=%s§ftext§8 - §7search in inputs
+nei.recipe.search.tooltip.output=%s§ftext§8 - §7search in outputs
+nei.recipe.search.tooltip.prefix=%stext§8 - §7%s
+
+nei.recipe.search.tooltip.prefix.modName=search by mod
+nei.recipe.search.tooltip.prefix.tooltip=search by tooltip
+nei.recipe.search.tooltip.prefix.oreDict=search by ore dict
+nei.recipe.search.tooltip.prefix.identifier=search by resource ID
+nei.recipe.search.tooltip.prefix.subsets=search by subsets
+nei.recipe.search.tooltip.prefix.chemicalFormula=search by chemical formula
+
+nei.recipe.search.tooltip.exclude=%s§ftext§8 - §7exclude items with text
+nei.recipe.search.tooltip.exclude_recipe=%s§ftext§8 - §7exclude recipes with text
+nei.recipe.search.tooltip.or=§fa%s§fb§8 - §7match a or b
+nei.recipe.search.tooltip.exact=%s§ftext%s§8 - §7match exact phrase
+
 nei.recipe.shaped=Shaped Crafting
 nei.recipe.shapeless=Shapeless Crafting
 nei.recipe.furnace=Smelting