diff --git a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/js/edit/BatchEditController.js b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/js/edit/BatchEditController.js
index e85cf45c950d..fff1c9b5434e 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/js/edit/BatchEditController.js
+++ b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/js/edit/BatchEditController.js
@@ -498,8 +498,7 @@
             }
           } catch (e) {
             $rootScope.$broadcast("StatusUpdated", {
-              msg: $translate.instant("batchEditConfigIsNotJson"),
-              error: e,
+              msg: $translate.instant("batchEditConfigIsNotValid"),
               timeout: 2,
               type: "danger"
             });
diff --git a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/locales/en-core.json b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/locales/en-core.json
index 91cc36c4cca9..cd91167124b0 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/locales/en-core.json
+++ b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/locales/en-core.json
@@ -591,6 +591,7 @@
     "options": "Options",
     "metadataInfoReport": "Metadata information",
     "metadataErrorReport": "Metadata errors",
+    "pasteFromClipboard": "Paste the text from the clipboard",
     "copyToClipboard": "Copy the text to the clipboard",
     "textCopied": "Text has been copied to the clipboard.",
     "metadataApproved": "Metadata approved.",
diff --git a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/locales/en-v4.json b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/locales/en-v4.json
index 1bf8ace2b0e1..a85eec4e8c4e 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/locales/en-v4.json
+++ b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/locales/en-v4.json
@@ -381,8 +381,7 @@
   "uuidMergePolicy": "UUID merge policy",
   "filteringAndProcessing": "Filtering and processing response",
   "recordCreationOptions": "Record creation options",
-  "batchEditConfigIsNotValid": "Batch edit configuration is invalid. It must be a JSON <pre>{\"insertMode\": \"gn_add\", \"xpath\": \"...\", \"value\": \"...\"}</pre>",
-  "batchEditConfigIsNotJson": "Batch edit configuration is not JSON.",
+  "batchEditConfigIsNotValid": "Batch edit configuration is invalid. Copy the configuration from another batch edit rule.",
   "testLink": "Test",
   "metadata/link": "Link analysis",
   "metadata/link/excludedUrlPattern": "Exclude URL from link analysis",
diff --git a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/templates/editor/batchedit.html b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/templates/editor/batchedit.html
index dbc3e2b6bbb6..9751955b283c 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/templates/editor/batchedit.html
+++ b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/templates/editor/batchedit.html
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ <h1 data-translate="">batchediting</h1>
 
                           <button
                             class="btn btn-default"
+                            title="{{'pasteFromClipboard' | translate}}"
                             data-ng-click="pasteFromClipboard()"
                           >
                             <i class="fa fa-paste"></i>