diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/css/staff-global.css b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/css/staff-global.css
index 59011e26dc..9c97db171d 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/css/staff-global.css
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/css/staff-global.css
@@ -1214,6 +1214,23 @@ div.message h5 {
 div.message ul+h4 {
 	margin-top : .7em;
 }
+
+div.note {
+	background: #f4f6fa;
+	background-repeat : no-repeat;
+	background-position : left center;
+	background-image : url("../../img/note.png");
+	background-image: url("../../img/note.png"), -moz-linear-gradient(top, #f4f6fa 0%, #e8edf6 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
+	background-image: url("../../img/note.png"), -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#f4f6fa), color-stop(100%,#e8edf6)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
+	background-image: url("../../img/note.png"), -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #f4f6fa 0%,#e8edf6 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
+	background-image: url("../../img/note.png"), -o-linear-gradient(top, #f4f6fa 0%,#e8edf6 100%); /* Opera11.10+ */
+	background-image: url("../../img/note.png"), -ms-linear-gradient(top, #f4f6fa 0%,#e8edf6 100%); /* IE10+ */
+	filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#f4f6fa', endColorstr='#e8edf6',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
+	background-image: url("../../img/note.png"), linear-gradient(top, #f4f6fa 0%,#e8edf6 100%); /* W3C */
+	border : 1px solid #BCBCBC;
+	padding : .5em .5em .5em 20px;
+	margin : .5em 0;
+}
  
  div.results {
  	padding : .7em 0;
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/authorised_values.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/authorised_values.tt
index e72349af58..f2356347b5 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/authorised_values.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/authorised_values.tt
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
 	   [% IF ( action_add_value ) %]New authorized value[% END %]
 	   [% IF ( action_add_category ) %]New category[% END %]
 	</h1>
+
+    [% IF ( action_modify ) %]<div class="note"><strong>NOTE:</strong> If you change an authorized value, existing records using it won't be updated.</div>[% END %]
+
 	<form action="[% script_name %]" name="Aform" method="post">
 	<input type="hidden" name="op" value="add_validate" />
     <input type="hidden" name="offset" value="[% offset %]" />
@@ -173,15 +176,10 @@
 </ul></div>
 
 <h1>Authorized values</h1>
-<p>These values can be used in many pull down menus throughout the Koha system. You can define as many categories as you want, and as many authorized values as you want in each category.</p>
-
-<p>When you define the MARC subfield structure, you can link a subfield to a authorized-value category. When the user ask for adding of modifying a biblio, the subfield is not entered through a free field, but though a list of authorized values</p>
+<div class="note"><strong>NOTE:</strong> If you change an authorized value, existing records using it won't be updated.</div>
 
 [% IF ( duplicate_category ) %]
-<div>
-<span class="problem">Could not add value &quot;[% duplicate_value %]&quot; for category 
-    &quot;[% duplicate_category %]&quot; &mdash; value already present.
-</span>
+<div class="dialog alert">Could not add value &quot;[% duplicate_value %]&quot; for category &quot;[% duplicate_category %]&quot; &mdash; value already present.
 </div>
 [% END %]
 <form action="/cgi-bin/koha/admin/authorised_values.pl" method="post" id="category"><label for="searchfield">Show Category: </label>[% tab_list %] <input type="submit" value="Submit" /></form>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/img/note.png b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/img/note.png
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