diff --git a/src/registrar/forms/application_wizard.py b/src/registrar/forms/application_wizard.py
index c974fe18d..98997aae8 100644
--- a/src/registrar/forms/application_wizard.py
+++ b/src/registrar/forms/application_wizard.py
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ class NoOtherContactsForm(RegistrarForm):
 class AnythingElseForm(RegistrarForm):
     anything_else = forms.CharField(
         required=False,
-        label="Anything else we should know?",
+        label="Anything else we should know? (optional)",
         widget=forms.Textarea(),
         validators=[
             MaxLengthValidator(
diff --git a/src/registrar/models/domain_application.py b/src/registrar/models/domain_application.py
index 6418ff308..0ca768288 100644
--- a/src/registrar/models/domain_application.py
+++ b/src/registrar/models/domain_application.py
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ class DomainApplication(TimeStampedModel):
     anything_else = models.TextField(
         null=True,
         blank=True,
-        help_text="Anything else we should know?",
+        help_text="Anything else we should know? (optional)",
     )
 
     is_policy_acknowledged = models.BooleanField(
diff --git a/src/registrar/models/domain_information.py b/src/registrar/models/domain_information.py
index 6e20f4c5e..83a818aa2 100644
--- a/src/registrar/models/domain_information.py
+++ b/src/registrar/models/domain_information.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class DomainInformation(TimeStampedModel):
     anything_else = models.TextField(
         null=True,
         blank=True,
-        help_text="Anything else we should know?",
+        help_text="Anything else we should know? (optional)",
     )
 
     is_policy_acknowledged = models.BooleanField(