diff --git a/C4/AuthoritiesMarc.pm b/C4/AuthoritiesMarc.pm
index 1e843ec314..85982ecb8d 100644
--- a/C4/AuthoritiesMarc.pm
+++ b/C4/AuthoritiesMarc.pm
@@ -896,6 +896,11 @@ sub BuildSummary {
         $summary{authtypecode} = $authref->{authtypecode};
         $summary{type} = $authref->{authtypetext};
         $summary_template = $authref->{summary};
+        # for MARC21, the authority type summary displays a label meant for
+        # display
+        if (C4::Context->preference('marcflavour') ne 'UNIMARC') {
+            $summary{summary} = $authref->{summary};
+        }
     }
     my $marc21subfields = 'abcdfghjklmnopqrstuvxyz68';
     my %marc21controlrefs = ( 'a' => 'earlier',
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/authorities-search-results.inc b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/authorities-search-results.inc
index 8de56e9254..ceff1a476e 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/authorities-search-results.inc
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/authorities-search-results.inc
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     [% END %]
 [% END %]
 [% BLOCK authresult %]
+    [% IF ( summary.summary ) %][% summary.summary | html %]:[% END %]
     <div class="authres_repet">
       [% FOREACH repet IN summary.repets %]
         <span>[% repet | html %]</span>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en/includes/authorities-search-results.inc b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en/includes/authorities-search-results.inc
index 8efa4ec712..593de2106e 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en/includes/authorities-search-results.inc
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en/includes/authorities-search-results.inc
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     [% END %]
 [% END %]
 [% BLOCK authresult %]
+    [% IF ( summary.summary ) %][% summary.summary | html %]:[% END %]
     <div class="authres_repet">
       [% FOREACH repet IN summary.repets %]
         <span>[% repet | html %]</span>