diff --git a/components/form/FormItem.tsx b/components/form/FormItem.tsx
index e9517d842a..fd8b0e9699 100644
--- a/components/form/FormItem.tsx
+++ b/components/form/FormItem.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
+import Animate from 'rc-animate';
 import PureRenderMixin from 'rc-util/lib/PureRenderMixin';
 import Row from '../grid/row';
 import Col, { ColProps } from '../grid/col';
@@ -124,11 +125,15 @@ export default class FormItem extends React.Component<FormItemProps, any> {
   renderHelp() {
     const prefixCls = this.props.prefixCls;
     const help = this.getHelpMsg();
-    return help ? (
-      <div className={`${prefixCls}-explain`} key="help">
-        {help}
-      </div>
-    ) : null;
+    const children = help ? (
+        <div className={`${prefixCls}-explain`} key="help">
+          {help}
+        </div>
+      ) : null;
+    return (
+      <Animate transitionName="show-help" component="" transitionAppear key="help">
+        {children}
+      </Animate>);
   }
 
   renderExtra() {
diff --git a/components/form/style/index.less b/components/form/style/index.less
index 97c9becc50..b0ac4f2898 100644
--- a/components/form/style/index.less
+++ b/components/form/style/index.less
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ input[type="checkbox"] {
   margin-bottom: @form-item-margin-bottom;
   color: @text-color;
   vertical-align: top;
+  transition: margin .15s steps(1);
 
   // nested FormItem
   & > &,
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ input[type="checkbox"] {
 
   &-with-help {
     margin-bottom: @form-item-margin-bottom - @font-size-base * @line-height-base;
+    transition: none;
   }
 
   &-label {
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ input[type="checkbox"] {
 .@{form-prefix-cls}-extra {
   color: @text-color-secondary;
   line-height: 1.5;
+  transition: color .15s @ease-out;
 }
 
 .@{form-prefix-cls}-extra {
@@ -286,8 +289,9 @@ form {
     display: none;
   }
 }
+
 .@{form-prefix-cls}-vertical .@{form-prefix-cls}-item-label,
-// when labelCol is 24, it is a vertical form
+  // when labelCol is 24, it is a vertical form
 .@{ant-prefix}-col-24.@{form-prefix-cls}-item-label,
 .@{ant-prefix}-col-xl-24.@{form-prefix-cls}-item-label {
   .make-vertical-layout();
@@ -515,6 +519,38 @@ form {
   }
 }
 
+.show-help-motion(@className, @keyframeName, @duration: @animation-duration-slow) {
+  .make-motion(@className, @keyframeName, @duration);
+  .@{className}-enter,
+  .@{className}-appear {
+    opacity: 0;
+    animation-timing-function: @ease-in-out;
+  }
+  .@{className}-leave {
+    animation-timing-function: @ease-in-out;
+  }
+}
+
+.show-help-motion(show-help, antShowHelp, 0.15s);
+
+@keyframes antShowHelpIn {
+  0% {
+    opacity: 0;
+    transform: translateY(-5px);
+  }
+  100% {
+    opacity: 1;
+    transform: translateY(0);
+  }
+}
+
+@keyframes antShowHelpOut {
+  to {
+    opacity: 0;
+    transform: translateY(-5px);
+  }
+}
+
 // need there different zoom animation
 // otherwise won't trigger anim
 @keyframes diffZoomIn1 {