diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 0234033..1917b6b 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     # message DIV
     button = link_to_function(_('Help'), "alert('change me, Leandro!')")
 
-    text = content_tag('div', button + content_tag('div', content, :class => 'help_message'), :class => 'help_box')
+    text = content_tag('div', button + content_tag('div', content, :class => 'help_message', :style => 'display: none;'), :class => 'help_box')
 
     unless block.nil?
       concat(text, block.binding)
diff --git a/test/functional/application_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/application_controller_test.rb
index 3a9cd7e..468b850 100644
--- a/test/functional/application_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/application_controller_test.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class ApplicationControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       :descendant => {
         :tag => 'div',
         :content => /my_help_message/,
-        :attributes => { :class => 'help_message'}
+        :attributes => { :class => 'help_message', :style => /display:\s+none/}
       }
     })
   end
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class ApplicationControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       :descendant => {
         :tag => 'div',
         :content => /my_help_message/,
-        :attributes => { :class => 'help_message'}
+        :attributes => { :class => 'help_message', :style => /display:\s+none/}
       }
     })
   end
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class ApplicationControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       :attributes => { :class => 'help_box'},
       :descendant => {
         :tag => 'div',
-        :attributes => { :class => 'help_message'},
+        :attributes => { :class => 'help_message', :style => /display:\s+none/},
         :descendant => {
           :tag => 'strong',
           :content => /my_bold_help_message/
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class ApplicationControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       :attributes => { :class => 'help_box'},
       :descendant => {
         :tag => 'div',
-        :attributes => { :class => 'help_message'},
+        :attributes => { :class => 'help_message', :style => /display:\s+none/},
         :descendant => {
           :tag => 'strong',
           :content => /my_bold_help_message/
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