diff --git a/src/ActiveField.php b/src/ActiveField.php
index 8cc8655..261d9c9 100644
--- a/src/ActiveField.php
+++ b/src/ActiveField.php
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class ActiveField extends \yii\widgets\ActiveField
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
-    public $hintOptions = ['class' => ['widget' => 'form-text', 'text-muted'], 'tag' => 'small'];
+    public $hintOptions = ['class' => ['widget' => 'form-text', 'text-muted'], 'tag' => 'div'];
     /**
      * @var null|array CSS grid classes for horizontal layout. This must be an array with these keys:
      *  - 'offset' the offset grid class to append to the wrapper if no label is rendered