diff --git a/packages/form-js-editor/assets/form-js-editor-base.css b/packages/form-js-editor/assets/form-js-editor-base.css
index 56817afba..a2e544764 100644
--- a/packages/form-js-editor/assets/form-js-editor-base.css
+++ b/packages/form-js-editor/assets/form-js-editor-base.css
@@ -839,3 +839,7 @@
 .gu-mirror.fjs-drag-row-move .cds--row {
   flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
 }
+
+.bio-properties-panel-description .bio-properties-panel-strong {
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
diff --git a/packages/form-js-editor/src/features/properties-panel/entries/MultipleEntry.js b/packages/form-js-editor/src/features/properties-panel/entries/MultipleEntry.js
index f1ccc4b71..99b12fff1 100644
--- a/packages/form-js-editor/src/features/properties-panel/entries/MultipleEntry.js
+++ b/packages/form-js-editor/src/features/properties-panel/entries/MultipleEntry.js
@@ -23,15 +23,13 @@ export function MultipleEntry(props) {
 
 function Multiple(props) {
   const { editField, field, id } = props;
-
   const debounce = useService('debounce');
-
   const variables = useVariables().map((name) => ({ name }));
-
   const path = ['multiple'];
+  const fieldValue = get(field, path, false);
 
   const getValue = () => {
-    return get(field, path, '');
+    return fieldValue;
   };
 
   const setValue = (value) => {
@@ -48,5 +46,15 @@ function Multiple(props) {
     inline: true,
     setValue,
     variables,
+    description: fieldValue ? (
+      <>
+        The picker variable will return an <strong class="bio-properties-panel-strong">array</strong> with multiple
+        files
+      </>
+    ) : (
+      <>
+        The picker variable will return an <strong class="bio-properties-panel-strong">array</strong> with single
+      </>
+    ),
   });
 }