diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/letter.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/letter.tt
index 3dea27a8a5..e1a53bdee6 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/letter.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/letter.tt
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
                             <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1" />
                         [% END %]
 
-                        <fieldset class="rows">
+                        <fieldset class="rows page-section">
                             <input type="hidden" name="oldbranchcode" value="[% oldbranchcode | html %]" />
                             [% IF independant_branch %]
                                 <input type="hidden" name="branchcode" value="[% independant_branch | html %]" />
@@ -481,6 +481,9 @@
                                 [% WRAPPER tab_panels %]
                                     [% FOREACH lang IN letters.keys %]
                                         [% WRAPPER tab_panel tabname="lang_${lang}" %]
+                                            [% IF lang == 'default' %]
+                                            <p><span class="label">Default language:</span> [% default_language | html %]</p>
+                                            [% END %]
                                             [% PROCESS message_templates %]
                                         [% END # /WRAPPER tab_panel %]
                                     [% END # /FOREACH lang %]
@@ -488,9 +491,14 @@
                             [% END # /WRAPPER tabs#tabs %]
                         [% ELSE %]
                             <div style="clear:both"></div>
+                            <div class="page-section">
                             [% FOREACH lang IN letters.keys %]
+                                [% IF lang == 'default' %]
+                                <p><span class="label">Default language:</span> [% default_language | html %]</p>
+                                [% END %]
                                 [% PROCESS message_templates %]
                             [% END # /FOREACH lang %]
+                            </div>
                         [% END # /IF TranslateNotices %]
 
                         <input type="hidden" id="redirect" name="redirect" value="" />
diff --git a/tools/letter.pl b/tools/letter.pl
index 95ac3ea126..cdbe3afce2 100755
--- a/tools/letter.pl
+++ b/tools/letter.pl
@@ -162,33 +162,32 @@ sub add_form {
     my $templates = { map { $_ => { message_transport_type => $_ } } sort @$message_transport_types };
     my %letters = ( default => { templates => $templates } );
 
+    my $translated_languages = C4::Languages::getTranslatedLanguages(
+        'opac',
+        C4::Context->preference('template')
+    );
     if ( C4::Context->preference('TranslateNotices') ) {
-        my $translated_languages =
-          C4::Languages::getTranslatedLanguages( 'opac',
-            C4::Context->preference('template') );
         for my $language (@$translated_languages) {
-            for my $sublanguage( @{ $language->{sublanguages_loop} } ) {
+            for my $sublanguage ( @{ $language->{sublanguages_loop} } ) {
                 if ( $language->{plural} ) {
                     $letters{ $sublanguage->{rfc4646_subtag} } = {
-                        description => $sublanguage->{native_description}
-                          . ' '
-                          . $sublanguage->{region_description} . ' ('
-                          . $sublanguage->{rfc4646_subtag} . ')',
-                        templates => { %$templates },
+                              description => $sublanguage->{native_description} . ' '
+                            . $sublanguage->{region_description} . ' ('
+                            . $sublanguage->{rfc4646_subtag} . ')',
+                        templates => {%$templates},
                     };
-                }
-                else {
+                } else {
                     $letters{ $sublanguage->{rfc4646_subtag} } = {
-                        description => $sublanguage->{native_description}
-                          . ' ('
-                          . $sublanguage->{rfc4646_subtag} . ')',
-                        templates => { %$templates },
+                        description => $sublanguage->{native_description} . ' (' . $sublanguage->{rfc4646_subtag} . ')',
+                        templates   => {%$templates},
                     };
                 }
             }
         }
         $template->param( languages => $translated_languages );
     }
+    my $default_language = @{ @{$translated_languages}[0]->{sublanguages_loop} }[0]->{native_description};
+    $template->param( default_language => $default_language );
     if ($letters) {
         $template->param(
             modify     => 1,