diff --git a/src/components/ha-selector/ha-selector-object.ts b/src/components/ha-selector/ha-selector-object.ts
index 38d58217b2..7ea17e840e 100644
--- a/src/components/ha-selector/ha-selector-object.ts
+++ b/src/components/ha-selector/ha-selector-object.ts
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ export class HaObjectSelector extends LitElement {
     const translationKey = this.selector.object?.translation_key;
 
     if (this.localizeValue && translationKey) {
-      const label = this.localizeValue(
-        `${translationKey}.fields.${schema.name}`
-      );
+      const label =
+        this.localizeValue(`${translationKey}.fields.${schema.name}.name`) ||
+        // Fallback for backward compatibility
+        this.localizeValue(`${translationKey}.fields.${schema.name}`);
       if (label) {
         return label;
       }
@@ -62,6 +63,20 @@ export class HaObjectSelector extends LitElement {
     return this.selector.object?.fields?.[schema.name]?.label || schema.name;
   };
 
+  private _computeHelper = (schema: HaFormSchema): string => {
+    const translationKey = this.selector.object?.translation_key;
+
+    if (this.localizeValue && translationKey) {
+      const helper = this.localizeValue(
+        `${translationKey}.fields.${schema.name}.description`
+      );
+      if (helper) {
+        return helper;
+      }
+    }
+    return this.selector.object?.fields?.[schema.name]?.description || "";
+  };
+
   private _renderItem(item: any, index: number) {
     const labelField =
       this.selector.object!.label_field ||
@@ -214,6 +229,7 @@ export class HaObjectSelector extends LitElement {
       schema: this._schema(this.selector),
       data: {},
       computeLabel: this._computeLabel,
+      computeHelper: this._computeHelper,
       submitText: this.hass.localize("ui.common.add"),
     });
 
diff --git a/src/data/selector.ts b/src/data/selector.ts
index ae84dbcd28..73555ccfff 100644
--- a/src/data/selector.ts
+++ b/src/data/selector.ts
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ export interface NumberSelector {
 interface ObjectSelectorField {
   selector: Selector;
   label?: string;
+  description?: string;
   required?: boolean;
 }