diff --git a/static/css/core-ui.css b/static/css/core-ui.css
index b2213d91f..bf92cd6ae 100644
--- a/static/css/core-ui.css
+++ b/static/css/core-ui.css
@@ -1254,3 +1254,14 @@ a:focus {
   color: white;
   z-index: 2;
 }
+
+.co-alert.thin {
+  padding: 6px;
+  padding-left: 38px;
+  margin-bottom: 0px;
+}
+
+.co-alert.thin:before {
+  top: 5px;
+  font-size: 18px;
+}
diff --git a/static/css/pages/new-organization.css b/static/css/pages/new-organization.css
index 6e6a1ef7b..bf4caeda3 100644
--- a/static/css/pages/new-organization.css
+++ b/static/css/pages/new-organization.css
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
 .new-organization .co-main-content-panel {
   padding: 30px;
   position: relative;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+.new-organization .field-container {
+   display: inline-block;
+   width: 400px;
+   margin-right: 10px;
+}
+
+.new-organization .field-row .co-alert {
+  display: inline-block;
+  margin-left: 10px;
+  margin-top: 10px;
+}
diff --git a/static/partials/new-organization.html b/static/partials/new-organization.html
index 3d8143008..2fefdcfdc 100644
--- a/static/partials/new-organization.html
+++ b/static/partials/new-organization.html
@@ -36,19 +36,30 @@
             <form method="post" name="newOrgForm" id="newOrgForm" ng-submit="createNewOrg()">
               <div class="form-group nested">
                 <label for="orgName">Organization Name</label>
-                <input id="orgName" name="orgName" type="text" class="form-control"
-                       placeholder="Organization Name"
-                       ng-model="org.name" required autofocus data-trigger="manual"
-                       data-content="{{ createError }}"
-                       data-placement="bottom" data-container="body" ng-pattern="/^[a-z0-9_]{4,30}$/">
-                <span class="description">This will also be the namespace for your repositories. Must be alphanumeric and all lowercase.</span>
+                <div class="field-row">
+                  <span class="field-container">
+                    <input id="orgName" name="orgName" type="text" class="form-control"
+                           placeholder="Organization Name"
+                           ng-model="org.name" required autofocus data-trigger="manual"
+                           data-content="{{ createError }}"
+                           data-placement="bottom" data-container="body" ng-pattern="/^[a-z0-9_]{4,30}$/">
+                  </span>
+                  <span class="co-alert co-alert-warning thin" ng-show="!newOrgForm.orgName.$error.required && !newOrgForm.orgName.$valid">
+                      Organization names must match [a-z0-9_]+ and be at least four characters in length.
+                  </span>
+                </div>
+                <span class="description">This will also be the namespace for your repositories. Must be alphanumeric, all lowercase and at least four characters long.</span>
               </div>
 
               <div class="form-group nested">
                 <label for="orgName">Organization Email</label>
-                <input id="orgEmail" name="orgEmail" type="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Organization Email"
-                       ng-model="org.email" required>
-                <span class="description">This address must be different from your account's email.</span>
+                <div class="field-row">
+                  <span class="field-container">
+                    <input id="orgEmail" name="orgEmail" type="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Organization Email"
+                           ng-model="org.email" required>
+                    <span class="description">This address must be different from your account's email.</span>
+                  </span>
+                </div>
               </div>
 
               <!-- Plans Table -->