[support] placement of help text for field and theming

Hi All, Is there a way to place help text for a given CCK field just below the label, instead of the usual help text below the actual field? This because when I have a multi-valued field (say references), the help text appears way below the last value entry. A user might typically miss out on the help instructions. Also, anyway to theme the text as well (instead of the usual allowed tags), say, setting a background for specific field's help text only? Thanks in advance. - Ben.