diff --git a/app/helpers/rhino_editor_helper.rb b/app/helpers/rhino_editor_helper.rb
index ccb59c7d2..3ea93394e 100644
--- a/app/helpers/rhino_editor_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/rhino_editor_helper.rb
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 module RhinoEditorHelper
   # custom rhino editor with stimulus controller attached to edit raw source html
-  def rhino_editor(form, base_attribute_name, label: nil, hint: nil)
+  def rhino_editor(form, base_attribute_name, label: nil, hint: nil, required: false)
     rhino_attr = :"rhino_#{base_attribute_name}"
     field_id = form.field_id(rhino_attr)
     value = form.object.public_send(rhino_attr)
 
     label_tag =
       if label.present?
+        label_content = required ? safe_join([ label, " ", content_tag(:abbr, "*", title: "required", class: "text-red-600 no-underline") ]) : label
         form.label(
           base_attribute_name,
-          label,
-          class: "block font-medium mb-1 text-gray-700 text optional"
+          label_content,
+          class: "block font-medium mb-1 text-gray-700 text #{required ? "required" : "optional"}"
         )
       end
 
diff --git a/app/views/story_ideas/_form.html.erb b/app/views/story_ideas/_form.html.erb
index f96d2d17c..995ef20eb 100644
--- a/app/views/story_ideas/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/story_ideas/_form.html.erb
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
     <% else %>
       <div class="form-group <%= 'has-error' if f.object.errors[:rhino_body].present? %>">
         <%= rhino_editor(f, :body,
+                      required: true,
                       label: "Please share details about your participant(s) (while maintaining confidentiality)
                       and their workshop goals, including what happened during the workshop, and how creating made an impact.
                       Include direct quotes whenever possible.",
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 1ff330f4f..ae3ddbf99 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ en:
   hello: "Hello world"
   activerecord:
     attributes:
+      story_idea:
+        rhino_body: "Body"
       workshop_variation:
         rhino_body: "Details"
       workshop_variation_idea:
diff --git a/spec/requests/story_ideas_spec.rb b/spec/requests/story_ideas_spec.rb
index 7ab5bd697..3c599bb5b 100644
--- a/spec/requests/story_ideas_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/story_ideas_spec.rb
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@
         post story_ideas_url, params: { story_idea: invalid_attributes }
         expect(response).to have_http_status(:unprocessable_content)
       end
+
+      it "labels the body error as 'Body', not 'Rhino body'" do
+        post story_ideas_url, params: { story_idea: invalid_attributes }
+        expect(response.body).to include("Body can&#39;t be blank")
+        expect(response.body).not_to include("Rhino body")
+      end
     end
 
     describe "PATCH /update" do