diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/base.css b/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/base.css
index 23fddafd7a..89f2225c7c 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/base.css
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/base.css
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ p.mini {
     color: #999;
 }
 
+img.help-tooltip {
+    cursor: help;
+}
+
 p img, h1 img, h2 img, h3 img, h4 img, td img {
     vertical-align: middle;
 }
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/tabular.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/tabular.html
index ea0ca8c732..71b097e9d9 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/tabular.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/tabular.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
      {% for field in inline_admin_formset.fields %}
        {% if not field.widget.is_hidden %}
          <th{% if forloop.first %} colspan="2"{% endif %}{% if field.required %} class="required"{% endif %}>{{ field.label|capfirst }}
-         {% if field.help_text %}&nbsp;<img src="{% static "admin/img/icon-unknown.gif" %}" alt="({{ field.help_text|striptags }})" title="{{ field.help_text|striptags }}" />{% endif %}
+         {% if field.help_text %}&nbsp;<img src="{% static "admin/img/icon-unknown.gif" %}" class="help help-tooltip" width="10" height="10" alt="({{ field.help_text|striptags }})" title="{{ field.help_text|striptags }}" />{% endif %}
          </th>
        {% endif %}
      {% endfor %}
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/admin_inlines/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/admin_inlines/tests.py
index 61d4634f8b..45ecb702af 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/admin_inlines/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/admin_inlines/tests.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class TestInline(TestCase):
         """
         response = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/admin_inlines/holder4/add/')
         self.assertContains(response, '<p class="help">Awesome stacked help text is awesome.</p>', 4)
-        self.assertContains(response, '<img src="/static/admin/img/icon-unknown.gif" alt="(Awesome tabular help text is awesome.)" title="Awesome tabular help text is awesome." />', 1)
+        self.assertContains(response, '<img src="/static/admin/img/icon-unknown.gif" class="help help-tooltip" width="10" height="10" alt="(Awesome tabular help text is awesome.)" title="Awesome tabular help text is awesome." />', 1)
 
 class TestInlineMedia(TestCase):
     fixtures = ['admin-views-users.xml']