diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6c95566f71..8b52ee63f1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 
 4.0.6.0 (not yet released)
 - bug #4036 Call to undefined function mb_detect_encoding (clarify the doc)
+- bug Missing hints when changing a column's structure
 
 4.0.5.0 (not yet released)
 - bug #3977 Not detected configuration storage
diff --git a/js/tbl_structure.js b/js/tbl_structure.js
index ef2ce1e5ac..7b1433ecd8 100644
--- a/js/tbl_structure.js
+++ b/js/tbl_structure.js
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ AJAX.registerOnload('tbl_structure.js', function() {
                 $('<div id="change_column_dialog" class="margin"></div>')
                     .html(data.message)
                     .insertBefore('#page_content');
+                PMA_showHints();
                 PMA_verifyColumnsProperties();
             } else {
                 PMA_ajaxShowMessage(PMA_messages['strErrorProcessingRequest'] + " : " + data.error, false);
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ AJAX.registerOnload('tbl_structure.js', function() {
                             .html(data.message)
                     )
                     .show();
+                PMA_showHints();
                 PMA_verifyColumnsProperties();
             } else {
                 $('#page_content').show();