diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/base.css b/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/base.css
index 49db5025f2..67aa3143a5 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/base.css
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/base.css
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ p.mini {
     margin-top: -3px;
 }
 
-.help, p.help, form p.help {
+.help, p.help, form p.help, div.help, form div.help {
     font-size: 11px;
     color: #999;
 }
@@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ input, textarea, select, .form-row p, form .button {
     font-weight: normal;
     font-size: 13px;
 }
+.form-row div.help {
+    padding: 2px 3px;
+}
 
 textarea {
     vertical-align: top;
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/forms.css b/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/forms.css
index 2a21257b6a..fb91a24492 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/forms.css
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/forms.css
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ form ul.inline li {
     height: 26px;
 }
 
-.aligned label + p {
+.aligned label + p, .aligned label + div.help {
     padding: 6px 0;
     margin-top: 0;
     margin-bottom: 0;
@@ -115,26 +115,32 @@ form .aligned ul.radiolist {
     padding: 0;
 }
 
-form .aligned p.help {
+form .aligned p.help,
+form .aligned div.help {
     clear: left;
     margin-top: 0;
     margin-left: 160px;
     padding-left: 10px;
 }
 
-form .aligned label + p.help {
+form .aligned label + p.help,
+form .aligned label + div.help {
     margin-left: 0;
     padding-left: 0;
 }
 
-form .aligned p.help:last-child {
+form .aligned p.help:last-child,
+form .aligned div.help:last-child {
     margin-bottom: 0;
     padding-bottom: 0;
 }
 
 form .aligned input + p.help,
 form .aligned textarea + p.help,
-form .aligned select + p.help {
+form .aligned select + p.help,
+form .aligned input + div.help,
+form .aligned textarea + div.help,
+form .aligned select + div.help {
     margin-left: 160px;
     padding-left: 10px;
 }
@@ -156,7 +162,8 @@ form .aligned table p {
     padding: 0 0 5px 5px;
 }
 
-.aligned .vCheckboxLabel + p.help {
+.aligned .vCheckboxLabel + p.help,
+.aligned .vCheckboxLabel + div.help {
     margin-top: -4px;
 }
 
@@ -164,7 +171,8 @@ form .aligned table p {
     width: 610px;
 }
 
-.checkbox-row p.help {
+.checkbox-row p.help,
+.checkbox-row div.help {
     margin-left: 0;
     padding-left: 0;
 }
@@ -180,14 +188,22 @@ fieldset .field-box {
     width: 200px;
 }
 
-form .wide p, form .wide input + p.help {
+form .wide p,
+form .wide input + p.help,
+form .wide input + div.help {
     margin-left: 200px;
 }
 
-form .wide p.help {
+form .wide p.help,
+form .wide div.help {
     padding-left: 38px;
 }
 
+form div.help ul {
+    padding-left: 0;
+    margin-left: 0;
+}
+
 .colM fieldset.wide .vLargeTextField, .colM fieldset.wide .vXMLLargeTextField {
     width: 450px;
 }
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/auth/user/change_password.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/auth/user/change_password.html
index ee4dc6d08d..7a47707df9 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/auth/user/change_password.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/auth/user/change_password.html
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   {{ form.password1.errors }}
   {{ form.password1.label_tag }} {{ form.password1 }}
   {% if form.password1.help_text %}
-  <p class="help">{{ form.password1.help_text|safe }}</p>
+  <div class="help">{{ form.password1.help_text|safe }}</div>
   {% endif %}
 </div>
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   {{ form.password2.errors }}
   {{ form.password2.label_tag }} {{ form.password2 }}
   {% if form.password2.help_text %}
-  <p class="help">{{ form.password2.help_text|safe }}</p>
+  <div class="help">{{ form.password2.help_text|safe }}</div>
   {% endif %}
 </div>
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/includes/fieldset.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/includes/fieldset.html
index c45e731faf..20f86f73b3 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/includes/fieldset.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/includes/fieldset.html
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
                         {% endif %}
                     {% endif %}
                     {% if field.field.help_text %}
-                        <p class="help">{{ field.field.help_text|safe }}</p>
+                        <div class="help">{{ field.field.help_text|safe }}</div>
                     {% endif %}
                 </div>
             {% endfor %}
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/registration/password_change_form.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/registration/password_change_form.html
index cbbf67fbf2..a48017700f 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/registration/password_change_form.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/registration/password_change_form.html
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     {{ form.new_password1.errors }}
     {{ form.new_password1.label_tag }} {{ form.new_password1 }}
     {% if form.new_password1.help_text %}
-    <p class="help">{{ form.new_password1.help_text|safe }}</p>
+    <div class="help">{{ form.new_password1.help_text|safe }}</div>
     {% endif %}
 </div>
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 {{ form.new_password2.errors }}
     {{ form.new_password2.label_tag }} {{ form.new_password2 }}
     {% if form.new_password2.help_text %}
-    <p class="help">{{ form.new_password2.help_text|safe }}</p>
+    <div class="help">{{ form.new_password2.help_text|safe }}</div>
     {% endif %}
 </div>
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.11.txt b/docs/releases/1.11.txt
index 49d0516b99..134d3d2515 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.11.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.11.txt
@@ -494,6 +494,9 @@ Miscellaneous
 * ETags are now parsed according to the :rfc:`7232` Conditional Requests
   specification rather than the syntax from :rfc:`2616`.
 
+* In the admin templates, ``<p class="help">`` is replaced with a ``<div>`` tag
+  to allow including lists inside help text.
+
 .. _deprecated-features-1.11:
 
 Features deprecated in 1.11
diff --git a/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py b/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py
index 03c9a05dbe..5871f16a3b 100644
--- a/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_inlines/tests.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class TestInline(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
         Ref #8190.
         """
         response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:admin_inlines_holder4_add'))
-        self.assertContains(response, '<p class="help">Awesome stacked help text is awesome.</p>', 4)
+        self.assertContains(response, '<div class="help">Awesome stacked help text is awesome.</div>', 4)
         self.assertContains(
             response,
             '<img src="/static/admin/img/icon-unknown.svg" '
diff --git a/tests/admin_views/tests.py b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
index 336c9ce0a5..3368ddf3d6 100644
--- a/tests/admin_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
@@ -4608,20 +4608,20 @@ class ReadonlyTest(AdminFieldExtractionMixin, TestCase):
         self.assertContains(response, '<div class="form-row field-posted">')
         self.assertContains(response, '<div class="form-row field-value">')
         self.assertContains(response, '<div class="form-row">')
-        self.assertContains(response, '<p class="help">', 3)
+        self.assertContains(response, '<div class="help">', 3)
         self.assertContains(
             response,
-            '<p class="help">Some help text for the title (with unicode ŠĐĆŽćžšđ)</p>',
+            '<div class="help">Some help text for the title (with unicode ŠĐĆŽćžšđ)</div>',
             html=True
         )
         self.assertContains(
             response,
-            '<p class="help">Some help text for the content (with unicode ŠĐĆŽćžšđ)</p>',
+            '<div class="help">Some help text for the content (with unicode ŠĐĆŽćžšđ)</div>',
             html=True
         )
         self.assertContains(
             response,
-            '<p class="help">Some help text for the date (with unicode ŠĐĆŽćžšđ)</p>',
+            '<div class="help">Some help text for the date (with unicode ŠĐĆŽćžšđ)</div>',
             html=True
         )
 
@@ -4724,7 +4724,7 @@ class ReadonlyTest(AdminFieldExtractionMixin, TestCase):
         """
         p = FieldOverridePost.objects.create(title="Test Post", content="Test Content")
         response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:admin_views_fieldoverridepost_change', args=(p.pk,)))
-        self.assertContains(response, '<p class="help">Overridden help text for the date</p>')
+        self.assertContains(response, '<div class="help">Overridden help text for the date</div>')
         self.assertContains(response, '<label for="id_public">Overridden public label:</label>', html=True)
         self.assertNotContains(response, "Some help text for the date (with unicode ŠĐĆŽćžšđ)")
 
diff --git a/tests/admin_widgets/tests.py b/tests/admin_widgets/tests.py
index 378a9290b7..baf4b8adc6 100644
--- a/tests/admin_widgets/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_widgets/tests.py
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ class AdminRawIdWidgetSeleniumTests(AdminWidgetSeleniumTestCase):
 
         # Help text for the field is displayed
         self.assertEqual(
-            self.selenium.find_element_by_css_selector('.field-supporting_bands p.help').text,
+            self.selenium.find_element_by_css_selector('.field-supporting_bands div.help').text,
             'Supporting Bands.'
         )