Explanation or submission guidelines don't show up in cck profile node

Joined: 12/26/2008
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What would cause my new content type to not render the 'explanation guidelines'in the node? I'm asking for some fairly detailed information in my new form and it has a detailed instruction compenent, but it's not showing up. At first it would seem like a permission problem, but I have another field (date) that renders its explanation correctly. Is this a problem in Views?

Thanks in advance

Rob