diff --git a/css/80_app.css b/css/80_app.css
index 998ed6bba..49fba507d 100644
--- a/css/80_app.css
+++ b/css/80_app.css
@@ -2338,6 +2338,7 @@ div.combobox {
 
 .form-field-input-wrap > input:focus + span.length-indicator-wrap,
 .form-field-input-wrap > textarea:focus + span.length-indicator-wrap,
+.form-field-input-wrap > input:focus + div.combobox-caret + span.length-indicator-wrap,
 .form-field-input-wrap > textarea:focus + div.combobox-caret + span.length-indicator-wrap {
     visibility: visible;
 }
diff --git a/data/core.yaml b/data/core.yaml
index 481f2b3cc..aaff253bf 100644
--- a/data/core.yaml
+++ b/data/core.yaml
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ en:
       foot: ft
       # abbreviation of inches
       inch: in
-    max_length_reached: "Please keep in mind that texts cannot be longer than a maximum of {maxChars} characters. Anything exceeding that length will be truncated."
+    max_length_reached: "This string is longer than the maximum length of {maxChars} characters. Anything exceeding that length will be truncated."
   background:
     title: Background
     description: Background Settings
diff --git a/modules/ui/fields/combo.js b/modules/ui/fields/combo.js
index d27198bdd..27dc5a965 100644
--- a/modules/ui/fields/combo.js
+++ b/modules/ui/fields/combo.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { svgIcon } from '../../svg/icon';
 
 import { utilKeybinding } from '../../util/keybinding';
 import { utilArrayUniq, utilGetSetValue, utilNoAuto, utilRebind, utilTotalExtent, utilUnicodeCharsCount } from '../../util';
+import { uiLengthIndicator } from '../length_indicator';
 
 export {
     uiFieldCombo as uiFieldManyCombo,
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ export function uiFieldCombo(field, context) {
     var _container = d3_select(null);
     var _inputWrap = d3_select(null);
     var _input = d3_select(null);
+    var _lengthIndicator = uiLengthIndicator(context.maxCharsForTagValue());
     var _comboData = [];
     var _multiData = [];
     var _entityIDs = [];
@@ -447,6 +449,8 @@ export function uiFieldCombo(field, context) {
             .call(initCombo, selection)
             .merge(_input);
 
+        _container.call(_lengthIndicator);
+
         if (_isNetwork) {
             var extent = combinedEntityExtent();
             var countryCode = extent && countryCoder.iso1A2Code(extent.center());
@@ -457,7 +461,9 @@ export function uiFieldCombo(field, context) {
             .on('change', change)
             .on('blur', change)
             .on('input', function() {
-                updateIcon(utilGetSetValue(_input));
+                const val = utilGetSetValue(_input);
+                updateIcon(val);
+                _lengthIndicator.update(val);
             });
 
         _input
@@ -688,6 +694,10 @@ export function uiFieldCombo(field, context) {
             if (!Array.isArray(tags[field.key])) {
                 updateIcon(tags[field.key]);
             }
+
+            if (!isMixed) {
+                _lengthIndicator.update(tags[field.key]);
+            }
         }
     };