diff --git a/frontend/resources/images/help-variant-connection.png b/frontend/resources/images/help-variant-connection.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d743678f7
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diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/component.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/component.cljs
index e6e3adadc4..d0a3aaf751 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/component.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/component.cljs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
    [app.main.ui.hooks :as h]
    [app.main.ui.icons :as i]
    [app.main.ui.workspace.sidebar.assets.common :as cmm]
+   [app.main.ui.workspace.sidebar.options.menus.variants-help-modal]
    [app.util.debug :as dbg]
    [app.util.dom :as dom]
    [app.util.i18n :as i18n :refer [tr]]
@@ -963,6 +964,12 @@
          (mf/deps menu-open*)
          #(reset! menu-open* false))
 
+        on-click-variant-title-help
+        (mf/use-fn
+         (fn []
+           (modal/show! {:type :variants-help-modal})
+           (modal/allow-click-outside!)))
+
         update-property-name
         (mf/use-fn
          (mf/deps variant-id)
@@ -1001,8 +1008,15 @@
         [:& title-bar {:collapsable  false
                        :title        (tr "workspace.options.component")
                        :class        (stl/css :title-spacing-component)}
+
          [:span {:class (stl/css :copy-text)}
-          (tr "workspace.options.component.main")]]]
+          (tr "workspace.options.component.main")]
+
+         [:div {:class (stl/css :variants-help-modal-button)}
+          [:> icon-button* {:variant "ghost"
+                            :aria-label (tr "workspace.options.component.variants-help-modal.title")
+                            :on-click on-click-variant-title-help
+                            :icon "help"}]]]]
 
        [:div {:class (stl/css :element-content)}
         [:div {:class (stl/css-case :component-wrapper true
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/component.scss b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/component.scss
index fcf5ea7ed9..e352a32377 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/component.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/component.scss
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@
   cursor: pointer;
 }
 
+.title-spacing-component {
+  justify-content: flex-start;
+  gap: $s-4;
+}
+
+.variants-help-modal-button {
+  margin-inline-start: auto;
+}
+
 .icon-back {
   @include flexCenter;
   width: $s-12;
@@ -163,7 +172,6 @@
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   color: var(--title-foreground-color);
-  margin-right: $s-8;
 }
 
 .swappeable {
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/variants_help_modal.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/variants_help_modal.cljs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..adf33484b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/variants_help_modal.cljs
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+
+;; This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+;; License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+;; file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+;;
+;; Copyright (c) KALEIDOS INC
+
+(ns app.main.ui.workspace.sidebar.options.menus.variants-help-modal
+  (:require-macros [app.main.style :as stl])
+  (:require
+   [app.main.data.modal :as modal]
+   [app.main.ui.ds.buttons.button :refer [button*]]
+   [app.main.ui.ds.buttons.icon-button :refer [icon-button*]]
+   [app.main.ui.ds.foundations.assets.icon :refer [icon*] :as i]
+   [app.main.ui.ds.foundations.typography :as t]
+   [app.main.ui.ds.foundations.typography.heading :refer [heading*]]
+   [app.main.ui.ds.foundations.typography.text :refer [text*]]
+   [app.util.dom :as dom]
+   [app.util.i18n :as i18n :refer [tr]]
+   [rumext.v2 :as mf]))
+
+(mf/defc variants-help-modal
+  {::mf/register modal/components
+   ::mf/register-as :variants-help-modal}
+  []
+  (let [on-close
+        (mf/use-fn
+         (fn [] (modal/hide!)))
+
+        close-dialog-outside
+        (mf/use-fn
+         (fn [event]
+           (when (= (dom/get-target event) (dom/get-current-target event))
+             (modal/hide!))))]
+
+    [:div {:class (stl/css :modal-overlay)
+           :on-click close-dialog-outside}
+     [:div {:class (stl/css :modal-dialog)}
+      [:> icon-button* {:on-click on-close
+                        :class (stl/css :modal-close-btn)
+                        :icon i/close
+                        :variant "action"
+                        :aria-label (tr "labels.close")}]
+      [:> heading* {:level 2
+                    :typography "headline-medium"
+                    :class (stl/css :modal-title)}
+       (tr "workspace.options.component.variants-help-modal.title")]
+
+      [:div {:class (stl/css :modal-content)}
+
+       [:div {:class (stl/css :help-text)}
+
+        [:> text* {:typography t/body-large}
+         (tr "workspace.options.component.variants-help-modal.intro")]
+
+        [:ul {:class (stl/css :rule-list)}
+         [:li {:class (stl/css :rule-item)}
+          [:div {:class (stl/css :rule-item-icon)}
+           [:> icon* {:icon-id i/text-mixed
+                      :size "s"
+                      :aria-hidden true}]]
+
+          [:div {:class (stl/css :rule-item-text)}
+           [:> text* {:as "span"
+                      :typography t/body-large
+                      :class (stl/css :rule-item-highlight)}
+            (tr "workspace.options.component.variants-help-modal.rule1")]]]
+         [:li {:class (stl/css :rule-item)}
+          [:div {:class (stl/css :rule-item-icon)}
+           [:> icon* {:icon-id i/img
+                      :size "s"
+                      :aria-hidden true}]]
+
+          [:> text* {:typography t/body-large
+                     :class (stl/css :rule-item-text)}
+           [:span {:class (stl/css :rule-item-highlight)} (tr "workspace.options.component.variants-help-modal.rule2")]
+           (tr "workspace.options.component.variants-help-modal.rule2.detail")]]
+
+         [:li {:class (stl/css :rule-item)}
+          [:div {:class (stl/css :rule-item-icon)}
+           [:> icon* {:icon-id i/folder
+                      :size "s"
+                      :aria-hidden true}]]
+
+          [:> text* {:class (stl/css :rule-item-text)
+                     :typography t/body-large}
+           [:span {:class (stl/css :rule-item-highlight)} (tr "workspace.options.component.variants-help-modal.rule3")]
+           (tr "workspace.options.component.variants-help-modal.rule3.detail")]]]
+
+        [:> text* {:typography t/body-large}
+         (tr "workspace.options.component.variants-help-modal.outro")]]
+
+       [:div {:class (stl/css :help-image)}
+        [:img {:src "images/help-variant-connection.png"
+               :alt ""}]]]
+
+      [:div {:class (stl/css :button-row)}
+       [:> button* {:variant "primary"
+                    :class (stl/css :modal-accept-btn)
+                    :on-click on-close}
+        (tr "ds.confirm-ok")]]]]))
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/variants_help_modal.scss b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/variants_help_modal.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..542860e8ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/variants_help_modal.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+//
+// Copyright (c) KALEIDOS INC
+
+@import "refactor/common-refactor.scss";
+
+.modal-overlay {
+  @extend .modal-overlay-base;
+}
+
+.modal-dialog {
+  @extend .modal-container-base;
+
+  max-width: $s-800;
+  width: 100%;
+  max-height: unset;
+}
+
+.modal-title {
+  color: var(--modal-title-foreground-color);
+  margin-bottom: $s-32;
+}
+
+.modal-content {
+  display: flex;
+  color: var(--color-foreground-secondary);
+  padding-block-end: $s-32;
+}
+
+.modal-close-btn {
+  @extend .modal-close-btn-base;
+}
+
+.rule-list {
+  margin: $s-32 0;
+}
+
+.rule-item {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: $s-16;
+  align-items: center;
+  margin-bottom: $s-16;
+
+  &:last-child {
+    margin-bottom: 0;
+  }
+}
+
+.rule-item-highlight {
+  color: var(--color-foreground-primary);
+  margin-inline-end: $s-4;
+}
+
+.rule-item-icon {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  width: $s-32;
+  height: $s-32;
+  background: var(--color-background-quaternary);
+  color: var(--color-foreground-secondary);
+  border-radius: 90px;
+}
+
+.rule-item-text {
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+.button-row {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: end;
+  padding-block-start: $s-8;
+}
+
+.help-text {
+  inline-size: 100%;
+}
+
+.help-image img {
+  inline-size: 374px;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/translations/en.po b/frontend/translations/en.po
index 38168aeb8a..fde713a795 100644
--- a/frontend/translations/en.po
+++ b/frontend/translations/en.po
@@ -5530,6 +5530,30 @@ msgstr "[property]=[value], [property]=[value]"
 msgid "workspace.options.component.variant.malformed.structure.title"
 msgstr "Try using the following structure:"
 
+msgid "workspace.options.component.variants-help-modal.title"
+msgstr "How variants stay connected"
+
+msgid "workspace.options.component.variants-help-modal.intro"
+msgstr "To keep changes when switching between variants, Penpot connects layers using these rules:"
+
+msgid "workspace.options.component.variants-help-modal.rule1"
+msgstr "Same name"
+
+msgid "workspace.options.component.variants-help-modal.rule2"
+msgstr "Same type"
+
+msgid "workspace.options.component.variants-help-modal.rule2.detail"
+msgstr "Rectangle, ellipsis, paths and boolean operations count as same type"
+
+msgid "workspace.options.component.variants-help-modal.rule3"
+msgstr "Same hierachy level"
+
+msgid "workspace.options.component.variants-help-modal.rule3.detail"
+msgstr "Goups, boards and layouts are considered equivalent"
+
+msgid "workspace.options.component.variants-help-modal.outro"
+msgstr "Changing any of these (e.g., renaming or moving a layer) breaks the connection, but reverting the change will restore it."
+
 #: src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/constraints.cljs:163
 msgid "workspace.options.constraints"
 msgstr "Constraints"