diff --git a/resources/htmlTemplate/ExceptionHTMLTemplate.html b/resources/htmlTemplate/ExceptionHTMLTemplate.html
index bafa9e5..34da797 100644
--- a/resources/htmlTemplate/ExceptionHTMLTemplate.html
+++ b/resources/htmlTemplate/ExceptionHTMLTemplate.html
@@ -167,7 +167,19 @@ <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2>
           <p style="margin-left: 20px;">{{notes}}</p>
           
       <h2 id="licenseExceptionText">Text</h2>
-
+      
+      <blockquote cite="https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/license-matching-guidelines-and-templates/">
+          <div style="border: 2px solid grey; padding: 8px">
+		      Text in italicized blue is omittable (see <a href="https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/license-matching-guidelines-and-templates/#b35-guideline-omittable-text">Matching Guidelines B.3.5</a>).
+		      License or exception text will match to the text for the specified identifier if it either includes or excludes this omittable text.
+			  <br/>
+			  <br/>
+			  Text in red is replaceable (see <a href="https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/license-matching-guidelines-and-templates/#b34-guideline-replaceable-text">Matching Guidelines B.3.4</a>).
+			  License or exception text will match to the text for the specified identifier if it includes a permitted variant of this replaceable text.
+			  The permitted variants can be found in the corresponding regular expression as shown in title text visible by hovering over the red text.
+	      </div>
+	  </blockquote>
+	  
       <div property="spdx:licenseExceptionText" class="exception-text">
       {{&text}}
       </div>
diff --git a/resources/htmlTemplate/LicenseHTMLTemplate.html b/resources/htmlTemplate/LicenseHTMLTemplate.html
index 8e675f9..fa066bd 100644
--- a/resources/htmlTemplate/LicenseHTMLTemplate.html
+++ b/resources/htmlTemplate/LicenseHTMLTemplate.html
@@ -171,6 +171,18 @@ <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2>
           <p style="margin-left: 20px;">{{notes}}{{^notes}}None{{/notes}}</p>
 
       <h2 id="licenseText">Text</h2>
+      
+      <blockquote cite="https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/license-matching-guidelines-and-templates/">
+          <div style="border: 2px solid grey; padding: 8px">
+		      Text in italicized blue is omittable (see <a href="https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/license-matching-guidelines-and-templates/#b35-guideline-omittable-text">Matching Guidelines B.3.5</a>).
+		      License or exception text will match to the text for the specified identifier if it either includes or excludes this omittable text.
+			  <br/>
+			  <br/>
+			  Text in red is replaceable (see <a href="https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/license-matching-guidelines-and-templates/#b34-guideline-replaceable-text">Matching Guidelines B.3.4</a>).
+			  License or exception text will match to the text for the specified identifier if it includes a permitted variant of this replaceable text.
+			  The permitted variants can be found in the corresponding regular expression as shown in title text visible by hovering over the red text.
+	      </div>
+	  </blockquote>
 
       <div property="spdx:licenseText" class="license-text">
       {{&licenseText}}
diff --git a/src/org/spdx/licensexml/LicenseXmlHelper.java b/src/org/spdx/licensexml/LicenseXmlHelper.java
index e2b3516..243c0c6 100644
--- a/src/org/spdx/licensexml/LicenseXmlHelper.java
+++ b/src/org/spdx/licensexml/LicenseXmlHelper.java
@@ -465,6 +465,8 @@ private static boolean appendAltText(Element element, String altName, String mat
 				sb.append("<var class=\"");
 			}
 			sb.append(HtmlTemplateOutputHandler.REPLACEABLE_LICENSE_TEXT_CLASS);
+			sb.append("\"><span title=\"can be replaced with the pattern ");
+			sb.append(match);
 			sb.append("\">");
 			if (sb.length() > 0 && !Character.isWhitespace(sb.charAt(sb.length()-1)) &&
                     !noSpace && (SPACING_BOTH.equals(spacing) || SPACING_BEFORE.equals(spacing) || SPACING_DEFAULT.equals(spacing))) {
@@ -474,6 +476,7 @@ private static boolean appendAltText(Element element, String altName, String mat
 			if (SPACING_BOTH.equals(spacing) || SPACING_AFTER.equals(spacing)) {
                 sb.append(' ');
             }
+			sb.append("</span>");
 			if (includesFlowControl(element)) {
 				sb.append("</div>");
 			} else {