diff --git a/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-show/app-show.page.html b/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-show/app-show.page.html
index 0c4b260c1..5d610ddab 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-show/app-show.page.html
+++ b/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-show/app-show.page.html
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@
             </ion-item>
           </ng-container>
           <ng-container *ngIf="!connectionFailure">
-            <ion-item *ngFor="let health of healthChecks | keyvalue : asIsOrder">
+            <ion-item button (click)="presentModalDescription(pkg.manifest['health-checks'][health.key].name, pkg.manifest['health-checks'][health.key].description)" *ngFor="let health of healthChecks | keyvalue : asIsOrder">
               <ng-container *ngIf="health.value?.result as result; else noResult">
                 <ion-spinner class="icon-spinner" color="primary" slot="start" *ngIf="[HealthResult.Starting, HealthResult.Loading] | includes : result"></ion-spinner>
                 <ion-icon slot="start" *ngIf="result === HealthResult.Success" name="checkmark" color="success"></ion-icon>
                 <ion-icon slot="start" *ngIf="result === HealthResult.Failure" name="warning-outline" color="warning"></ion-icon>
                 <ion-icon slot="start" *ngIf="result === HealthResult.Disabled" name="remove" color="dark"></ion-icon>
                 <ion-label>
-                  <h2 style="font-weight: bold;">{{ health.key }}</h2>
+                  <h2 style="font-weight: bold;">{{ pkg.manifest['health-checks'][health.key].name }}</h2>
                   <h2>Result: {{ result | titlecase }}</h2>
                   <p *ngIf="result === HealthResult.Loading"><ion-text color="primary">{{ $any(health.value).message }}</ion-text></p>
                   <p *ngIf="result === HealthResult.Failure"><ion-text color="warning">{{ $any(health.value).error }}</ion-text></p>
diff --git a/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-show/app-show.page.ts b/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-show/app-show.page.ts
index 1e0ec27bb..5a0de4cdc 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-show/app-show.page.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-show/app-show.page.ts
@@ -231,6 +231,23 @@ export class AppShowPage {
     await modal.present()
   }
 
+  async presentModalDescription (name: string, description: string) {
+    const alert = await this.alertCtrl.create({
+      header: name,
+      message: description,
+      buttons: [
+        {
+          text: `OK`,
+          handler: () => {
+            this.modalCtrl.dismiss()
+          },
+          cssClass: 'enter-click',
+        },
+      ],
+    })
+    await alert.present()
+  }
+
   private setDepValues (id: string, errors: { [id: string]: DependencyError }): DependencyInfo {
     let errorText = ''
     let actionText = 'View'
diff --git a/ui/src/app/services/patch-db/data-model.ts b/ui/src/app/services/patch-db/data-model.ts
index 06f5de04c..a743864a5 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/services/patch-db/data-model.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/services/patch-db/data-model.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export interface Manifest {
     stop: string | null
   }
   main: ActionImpl
-  'health-checks': { [id: string]: ActionImpl & { severity: HealthCheckSeverity } }
+  'health-checks': { [id: string]: ActionImpl & { severity: HealthCheckSeverity, name: string, description: string } }
   config: ConfigActions | null
   volumes: { [id: string]: Volume }
   'min-os-version': string