diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/property-editors/text-box/property-editor-ui-text-box.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/property-editors/text-box/property-editor-ui-text-box.element.ts
index ae0ab74bcf..8d58a2f68e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/property-editors/text-box/property-editor-ui-text-box.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/property-editors/text-box/property-editor-ui-text-box.element.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ export class UmbPropertyEditorUITextBoxElement
 			@input=${this.#onInput}
 			?required=${this.mandatory}
 			.requiredMessage=${this.mandatoryMessage}
+			.maxlengthMessage=${() => {
+				const exceeded = (this.value?.length ?? 0) - (this._maxChars ?? 0);
+				return this.localize.term('textbox_characters_exceed', this._maxChars, exceeded);
+			}}
 			?readonly=${this.readonly}></uui-input>`;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/property-editors/textarea/property-editor-ui-textarea.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/property-editors/textarea/property-editor-ui-textarea.element.ts
index 34402e9acd..b136ec19b2 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/property-editors/textarea/property-editor-ui-textarea.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/property-editors/textarea/property-editor-ui-textarea.element.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ export class UmbPropertyEditorUITextareaElement
 				@input=${this.#onInput}
 				?required=${this.mandatory}
 				.requiredMessage=${this.mandatoryMessage}
+				.maxlengthMessage=${() => {
+					const exceeded = (this.value?.length ?? 0) - (this._maxChars ?? 0);
+					return this.localize.term('textbox_characters_exceed', this._maxChars, exceeded);
+				}}
 				?readonly=${this.readonly}></uui-textarea>
 		`;
 	}