diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/additem.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/additem.tt
index 1d11caf790..cdf08bdcf3 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/additem.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/additem.tt
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ function CheckMultipleAdd(f) {
 	alert(_("Please enter a number of items to create."));
 	return false;
     }
+    <!-- Add a soft-limit of 99 with a reminder about potential data entry error -->
+    if (f>99) {
+        return confirm(_("More than 99 copies will be added. Should they be added?"));
+    }
 }
 function Dopop(link,i) {
     defaultvalue=document.forms[0].field_value[i].value;
@@ -250,7 +254,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     <input type="submit" name="add_duplicate_submit" value="Add &amp; duplicate" onclick="return Check(this.form)" />
     <input type="submit" name="add_multiple_copies" value="Add multiple items" onclick="javascript:this.nextSibling.style.visibility='visible';document.f.number_of_copies.focus(); return false;" /><span id="add_multiple_copies_span" style="visibility:hidden">
     <label for="number_of_copies">Number of items to add : </label>
-	<input type="text" id="number_of_copies" name="number_of_copies" value="" size="2" />
+        <input type="text" id="number_of_copies" name="number_of_copies" value="" placeholder="3"/>
 	<input type="submit" id="add_multiple_copies_submit" name="add_multiple_copies_submit" value="Add" onclick="javascript:return Check(this.form) &amp;&amp; CheckMultipleAdd(this.form.number_of_copies.value);" />
     </span>