diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/authorities_js.inc b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/authorities_js.inc
index 6666c5b03d..4c82cd05a1 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/authorities_js.inc
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/authorities_js.inc
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ function showMergingInProgress() {
     var alreadySelected = Cookies.get('auth_to_merge');
     if (alreadySelected !== undefined) {
         alreadySelected = JSON.parse(alreadySelected);
-        $('#merge_in_progress').html(_("Merging with authority: ") + "<a href='detail.pl?authid=" + alreadySelected.authid + "'><span class='authorizedheading'>" + alreadySelected.summary + "</span> (" + alreadySelected.authid + ")</a> <a href='#' id='cancel_merge'>" + _("Cancel merge") + "</a>");
+        $('#merge_in_progress').show().html(_("Merging with authority: ") + "<a href='detail.pl?authid=" + alreadySelected.authid + "'><span class='authorizedheading'>" + alreadySelected.summary + "</span> (" + alreadySelected.authid + ")</a> <a href='#' id='cancel_merge'>" + _("Cancel merge") + "</a>");
         $('#cancel_merge').click(function(event) {
             event.preventDefault();
             Cookies.remove('auth_to_merge');
-            $('#merge_in_progress').empty();
+            $('#merge_in_progress').hide().empty();
         });
     } else {
-        $('#merge_in_progress').empty();
+        $('#merge_in_progress').hide().empty();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/authorities/authorities-home.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/authorities/authorities-home.tt
index 59733487c7..0898c00299 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/authorities/authorities-home.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/authorities/authorities-home.tt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     <h1>Authorities</h1>
 
-    <div id="merge_in_progress"></div>
+    <div id="merge_in_progress" class="page-section bg-info" style="display:none;"></div>
 
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/authorities/searchresultlist.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/authorities/searchresultlist.tt
index db9bd530a1..ab8c19b986 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/authorities/searchresultlist.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/authorities/searchresultlist.tt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     [% INCLUDE 'authorities-toolbar.inc' %]
 <h1>Authority search results</h1>
 
-<div id="merge_in_progress"></div>
+<div id="merge_in_progress" class="page-section bg-info" style="display:none;"></div>
 <div class="page-section">
     [% IF ( total ) %]
     <div class="pages">[% pagination_bar | $raw %]</div>