diff --git a/renderdocui/Controls/BufferFormatSpecifier.cs b/renderdocui/Controls/BufferFormatSpecifier.cs
index d3038ab1a..d92d78388 100644
--- a/renderdocui/Controls/BufferFormatSpecifier.cs
+++ b/renderdocui/Controls/BufferFormatSpecifier.cs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.Dialogs
             }
         }
 
-        private void toggleHelp_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        public void ToggleHelp()
         {
             helpText.Visible = !helpText.Visible;
 
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.Dialogs
             tableLayoutPanel1.ResumeLayout(false);
             tableLayoutPanel1.PerformLayout();
         }
+
+        private void toggleHelp_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            ToggleHelp();
+        }
     }
 
     public interface IBufferFormatProcessor
diff --git a/renderdocui/Windows/Dialogs/ConstantBufferPreviewer.cs b/renderdocui/Windows/Dialogs/ConstantBufferPreviewer.cs
index 8dfc8ffda..07a7b03ca 100644
--- a/renderdocui/Windows/Dialogs/ConstantBufferPreviewer.cs
+++ b/renderdocui/Windows/Dialogs/ConstantBufferPreviewer.cs
@@ -434,8 +434,12 @@ namespace renderdocui.Controls
 			}
 
 			if (m_FormatSpecifier == null)
+			{
 				m_FormatSpecifier = new BufferFormatSpecifier(this, "");
 
+				m_FormatSpecifier.ToggleHelp();
+			}
+
 			split.Panel2.Controls.Add(m_FormatSpecifier);
 			m_FormatSpecifier.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
 			split.Panel2Collapsed = false;