diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/includes/fieldset.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/includes/fieldset.html
index a9d3f92702..8c1830da62 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/includes/fieldset.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/includes/fieldset.html
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
                             {% endif %}
                         </div>
                     {% if field.field.help_text %}
-                        <div class="help"{% if field.field.id_for_label %} id="{{ field.field.id_for_label }}_helptext"{% endif %}>
+                        <div class="help{% if field.field.is_hidden %} hidden{% endif %}"{% if field.field.id_for_label %} id="{{ field.field.id_for_label }}_helptext"{% endif %}>
                             <div>{{ field.field.help_text|safe }}</div>
                         </div>
                     {% endif %}
diff --git a/tests/admin_inlines/models.py b/tests/admin_inlines/models.py
index 64aaca8d14..86a859727a 100644
--- a/tests/admin_inlines/models.py
+++ b/tests/admin_inlines/models.py
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ class SomeParentModel(models.Model):
 
 class SomeChildModel(models.Model):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=1)
-    position = models.PositiveIntegerField()
+    position = models.PositiveIntegerField(help_text="Position help_text.")
     parent = models.ForeignKey(SomeParentModel, models.CASCADE)
     readonly_field = models.CharField(max_length=1)
 
diff --git a/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py b/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py
index cba8db83d7..8e69edb841 100644
--- a/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py
@@ -349,7 +349,12 @@ class TestInline(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
         )
         response = self.client.get(url)
         self.assertInHTML(
-            '<th class="column-position hidden">Position</th>',
+            '<th class="column-position hidden">Position'
+            '<img src="/static/admin/img/icon-unknown.svg" '
+            'class="help help-tooltip" width="10" height="10" '
+            'alt="(Position help_text.)" '
+            'title="Position help_text.">'
+            "</th>",
             response.rendered_content,
         )
         self.assertInHTML(
@@ -379,13 +384,15 @@ class TestInline(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
         self.assertInHTML(
             '<div class="flex-container fieldBox field-position hidden">'
             '<label class="inline">Position:</label>'
-            '<div class="readonly">0</div></div>',
+            '<div class="readonly">0</div></div>'
+            '<div class="help hidden"><div>Position help_text.</div></div>',
             response.rendered_content,
         )
         self.assertInHTML(
             '<div class="flex-container fieldBox field-position hidden">'
             '<label class="inline">Position:</label>'
-            '<div class="readonly">1</div></div>',
+            '<div class="readonly">1</div></div>'
+            '<div class="help hidden"><div>Position help_text.</div></div>',
             response.rendered_content,
         )
 
@@ -407,13 +414,17 @@ class TestInline(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
         self.assertInHTML(
             '<div class="form-row hidden field-position">'
             '<div><div class="flex-container"><label>Position:</label>'
-            '<div class="readonly">0</div></div></div></div>',
+            '<div class="readonly">0</div></div>'
+            '<div class="help hidden"><div>Position help_text.</div></div>'
+            "</div></div>",
             response.rendered_content,
         )
         self.assertInHTML(
             '<div class="form-row hidden field-position">'
             '<div><div class="flex-container"><label>Position:</label>'
-            '<div class="readonly">1</div></div></div></div>',
+            '<div class="readonly">1</div></div>'
+            '<div class="help hidden"><div>Position help_text.</div></div>'
+            "</div></div>",
             response.rendered_content,
         )
 
@@ -448,7 +459,12 @@ class TestInline(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
         self.assertInHTML(
             '<thead><tr><th class="original"></th>'
             '<th class="column-name required">Name</th>'
-            '<th class="column-position required hidden">Position</th>'
+            '<th class="column-position required hidden">Position'
+            '<img src="/static/admin/img/icon-unknown.svg" '
+            'class="help help-tooltip" width="10" height="10" '
+            'alt="(Position help_text.)" '
+            'title="Position help_text.">'
+            "</th>"
             "<th>Delete?</th></tr></thead>",
             response.rendered_content,
         )