diff --git a/app/views/projects/_new_project_fields.html.haml b/app/views/projects/_new_project_fields.html.haml
index bd99eb93cc8da633a6b14d92185de38f2b6ecd35..d367bd6be7b1431fa05fd3331b3cdae7523f00b1 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_new_project_fields.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/_new_project_fields.html.haml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 .form-group.visibility-level-setting
   = f.label :visibility_level, class: 'label-light' do
     Visibility Level
-    = link_to icon('question-circle'), help_page_path("public_access/public_access"), aria: { label: 'Documentation for Visibility Level' }
+    = link_to icon('question-circle'), help_page_path("public_access/public_access"), aria: { label: 'Documentation for Visibility Level' }, target: '_blank', rel: 'noopener noreferrer'
   = render 'shared/visibility_level', f: f, visibility_level: visibility_level.to_i, can_change_visibility_level: true, form_model: @project, with_label: false
 
 = f.submit 'Create project', class: "btn btn-create project-submit", tabindex: 4
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/feature-39591-visibility-level.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/feature-39591-visibility-level.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4bbc9bdbb2e09021841e96ef641a66c70633b505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/feature-39591-visibility-level.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Open visibility level help in a new tab
+merge_request:
+author: Jussi Räsänen
+type: fixed