diff --git a/datacapture/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/fhir/datacapture/views/QuestionnaireItemGroupViewHolderFactoryInstrumentedTest.kt b/datacapture/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/fhir/datacapture/views/QuestionnaireItemGroupViewHolderFactoryInstrumentedTest.kt
index 17b56e8e74..7796252d4a 100644
--- a/datacapture/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/fhir/datacapture/views/QuestionnaireItemGroupViewHolderFactoryInstrumentedTest.kt
+++ b/datacapture/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/fhir/datacapture/views/QuestionnaireItemGroupViewHolderFactoryInstrumentedTest.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package com.google.android.fhir.datacapture.views
 
+import android.view.View
 import android.widget.FrameLayout
 import android.widget.TextView
 import androidx.appcompat.view.ContextThemeWrapper
@@ -99,4 +100,42 @@ class QuestionnaireItemGroupViewHolderFactoryInstrumentedTest {
 
     assertThat(viewHolder.itemView.findViewById<TextView>(R.id.error).text).isEqualTo("")
   }
+
+  @Test
+  fun hintText_nestedDisplayItem_shouldNotShowHintText() {
+    viewHolder.bind(
+      QuestionnaireItemViewItem(
+        Questionnaire.QuestionnaireItemComponent().apply {
+          type = Questionnaire.QuestionnaireItemType.GROUP
+          item =
+            listOf(
+              Questionnaire.QuestionnaireItemComponent().apply {
+                linkId = "nested-display-question"
+                text = "text"
+                type = Questionnaire.QuestionnaireItemType.DISPLAY
+              }
+            )
+        },
+        QuestionnaireResponse.QuestionnaireResponseItemComponent()
+      ) {}
+    )
+
+    assertThat(
+        viewHolder
+          .itemView
+          .findViewById<QuestionnaireItemHeaderView>(R.id.header)
+          .findViewById<TextView>(R.id.hint)
+          .text
+          .isNullOrEmpty()
+      )
+      .isTrue()
+    assertThat(
+        viewHolder
+          .itemView
+          .findViewById<QuestionnaireItemHeaderView>(R.id.header)
+          .findViewById<TextView>(R.id.hint)
+          .visibility
+      )
+      .isEqualTo(View.GONE)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/datacapture/src/main/java/com/google/android/fhir/datacapture/MoreQuestionnaireItemComponents.kt b/datacapture/src/main/java/com/google/android/fhir/datacapture/MoreQuestionnaireItemComponents.kt
index 08ab8e0846..02112f8559 100644
--- a/datacapture/src/main/java/com/google/android/fhir/datacapture/MoreQuestionnaireItemComponents.kt
+++ b/datacapture/src/main/java/com/google/android/fhir/datacapture/MoreQuestionnaireItemComponents.kt
@@ -142,13 +142,19 @@ internal val Questionnaire.QuestionnaireItemComponent.localizedPrefixSpanned: Sp
  * question.
  */
 internal val Questionnaire.QuestionnaireItemComponent.localizedHintSpanned: Spanned?
-  get() =
-    item
-      .firstOrNull { questionnaireItem ->
-        questionnaireItem.type == Questionnaire.QuestionnaireItemType.DISPLAY &&
-          questionnaireItem.displayItemControl == null
+  get() {
+    return when (type) {
+      Questionnaire.QuestionnaireItemType.GROUP -> null
+      else -> {
+        item
+          .firstOrNull { questionnaireItem ->
+            questionnaireItem.type == Questionnaire.QuestionnaireItemType.DISPLAY &&
+              questionnaireItem.displayItemControl == null
+          }
+          ?.localizedTextSpanned
       }
-      ?.localizedTextSpanned
+    }
+  }
 
 /**
  * A nested questionnaire item of type display with code [DisplayItemControlType.FLYOVER] (if
diff --git a/datacapture/src/main/java/com/google/android/fhir/datacapture/views/QuestionnaireItemHeaderView.kt b/datacapture/src/main/java/com/google/android/fhir/datacapture/views/QuestionnaireItemHeaderView.kt
index 9cea313707..97221693b3 100644
--- a/datacapture/src/main/java/com/google/android/fhir/datacapture/views/QuestionnaireItemHeaderView.kt
+++ b/datacapture/src/main/java/com/google/android/fhir/datacapture/views/QuestionnaireItemHeaderView.kt
@@ -41,22 +41,31 @@ internal class QuestionnaireItemHeaderView(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet
   private var hint: TextView = findViewById(R.id.hint)
 
   fun bind(questionnaireItem: Questionnaire.QuestionnaireItemComponent) {
-    questionnaireItem.localizedPrefixSpanned.let {
-      if (!it.isNullOrEmpty()) {
-        prefix.visibility = View.VISIBLE
-        prefix.text = it
+    val localizedPrefixSpanned = questionnaireItem.localizedPrefixSpanned
+    prefix.visibility =
+      if (localizedPrefixSpanned.isNullOrEmpty()) {
+        View.GONE
       } else {
-        prefix.visibility = View.GONE
+        View.VISIBLE
       }
-    }
-    question.text = questionnaireItem.localizedTextSpanned
-    questionnaireItem.localizedHintSpanned.let {
-      if (!it.isNullOrEmpty()) {
-        hint.visibility = View.VISIBLE
-        hint.text = it
+    prefix.text = localizedPrefixSpanned
+
+    val localizedTextSpanned = questionnaireItem.localizedTextSpanned
+    question.visibility =
+      if (localizedTextSpanned.isNullOrEmpty()) {
+        View.GONE
+      } else {
+        View.VISIBLE
+      }
+    question.text = localizedTextSpanned
+
+    val localizedHintSpanned = questionnaireItem.localizedHintSpanned
+    hint.visibility =
+      if (localizedHintSpanned.isNullOrEmpty()) {
+        View.GONE
       } else {
-        hint.visibility = View.GONE
+        View.VISIBLE
       }
-    }
+    hint.text = localizedHintSpanned
   }
 }
diff --git a/datacapture/src/test/java/com/google/android/fhir/datacapture/MoreQuestionnaireItemComponentsTest.kt b/datacapture/src/test/java/com/google/android/fhir/datacapture/MoreQuestionnaireItemComponentsTest.kt
index b4a3f81add..4b712ef156 100644
--- a/datacapture/src/test/java/com/google/android/fhir/datacapture/MoreQuestionnaireItemComponentsTest.kt
+++ b/datacapture/src/test/java/com/google/android/fhir/datacapture/MoreQuestionnaireItemComponentsTest.kt
@@ -340,6 +340,23 @@ class MoreQuestionnaireItemComponentsTest {
     assertThat(questionItemList.first().localizedHintSpanned).isNull()
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun localizedHintSpanned_groupType_shouldReturnNull() {
+    val questionnaireItemComponent =
+      Questionnaire.QuestionnaireItemComponent().apply {
+        type = Questionnaire.QuestionnaireItemType.GROUP
+        item =
+          listOf(
+            Questionnaire.QuestionnaireItemComponent().apply {
+              linkId = "nested-display-question"
+              text = "text"
+            }
+          )
+      }
+
+    assertThat(questionnaireItemComponent.localizedHintSpanned).isNull()
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun localizedHintSpanned_shouldReturnText() {
     val questionItemList =