diff --git a/lib/bootstrap_form/form_builder.rb b/lib/bootstrap_form/form_builder.rb
index ceca432a1..9068e6015 100644
--- a/lib/bootstrap_form/form_builder.rb
+++ b/lib/bootstrap_form/form_builder.rb
@@ -254,20 +254,20 @@ def form_group(*args, &block)
         label = generate_label(options[:id], name, options[:label], options[:label_col], options[:layout]) if options[:label]
         control = prepend_and_append_input(name, options, &block).to_s
 
+        help = options[:help]
+        help_text = generate_help(name, help).to_s
+
         if get_group_layout(options[:layout]) == :horizontal
           control_class = options[:control_col] || control_col
           unless options[:label]
             control_offset = offset_col(options[:label_col] || @label_col)
             control_class = "#{control_class} #{control_offset}"
           end
-          control = content_tag(:div, control, class: control_class)
+          control = content_tag(:div, control + help_text, class: control_class)
+          concat(label).concat(control)
+        else
+          concat(label).concat(control).concat(help_text)
         end
-
-        help = options[:help]
-
-        help_text = generate_help(name, help).to_s
-
-        concat(label).concat(control).concat(help_text)
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/test/bootstrap_form_group_test.rb b/test/bootstrap_form_group_test.rb
index 44dfbb5c8..2d9fc0dfd 100644
--- a/test/bootstrap_form_group_test.rb
+++ b/test/bootstrap_form_group_test.rb
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ class BootstrapFormGroupTest < ActionView::TestCase
         <label class="col-form-label col-sm-2 required" for="user_email">Email</label>
         <div class="col-sm-10">
           <input class="form-control" id="user_email" name="user[email]" type="text" value="steve@example.com" />
+          <small class="form-text text-muted">This is required</small>
         </div>
-        <small class="form-text text-muted">This is required</small>
       </div>
     HTML
     assert_equivalent_xml expected, @horizontal_builder.text_field(:email, help: "This is required")