diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/batchMod-del.tmpl b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/batchMod-del.tmpl
index c6f82b95ad..441f4c5a78 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/batchMod-del.tmpl
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/batchMod-del.tmpl
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@
     <!-- TMPL_UNLESS name="action" -->
 
     <!-- TMPL_IF name="notfoundbarcodes" -->
-	    <div class="dialog alert"><p>Warning, the following barcodes were not found :</p></div>
+	    <div class="dialog alert">
+	    <!-- TMPL_IF NAME="itemresults" --><p>Warning, the following barcodes were not found:</p><!-- TMPL_ELSE --><p>Warning: no barcodes were found</p><!-- /TMPL_IF -->
+		</div>
 	    <table style="margin:auto;">
 		<thead>
 		    <tr>
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@
 		</tbody>
 	    </table>
 	    <!-- TMPL_UNLESS name="too_many_items" -->
-	    <h4>The following barcodes were found: </h4>
+	    <!-- TMPL_IF name="item_loop" --><h4>The following barcodes were found: </h4><!-- /TMPL_IF -->
 	    <!-- /TMPL_UNLESS -->
 	<!-- /TMPL_IF -->
 
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@
      <input type="hidden" name="completedJobID" id="completedJobID" value="" />
 
 <!-- TMPL_IF name="item_loop" -->
-	<!-- TMPL_IF NAME="show" --><div id="toolbar"><a id="selectallbutton" href="#">Select All</a> | <a id="clearallbutton" href="#">Clear All</a></div><!-- TMPL_ELSE --><!-- /TMPL_IF -->
+	<!-- TMPL_IF NAME="show" --><div id="toolbar"><a id="selectallbutton" href="#">Select All</a> | <a id="clearallbutton" href="#">Clear All</a></div><!-- /TMPL_IF -->
 	<div id="cataloguing_additem_itemlist">
 		<div style="overflow:auto">
 		<table id="itemst">
@@ -111,17 +113,16 @@
 <!-- /TMPL_IF -->
 
 
-
-	<!-- TMPL_IF name="show" -->
+<!-- TMPL_IF name="show" -->
 
 <!-- TMPL_IF name="too_many_items" -->
-    <p>Too many items (<!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="too_many_items" -->): not displaying each one individually.</p>
+    <p>Too many items (<!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="too_many_items" -->) to display individually.</p>
     <!-- TMPL_LOOP name="itemnumbers_hashref" -->
   <input type="hidden" name="itemnumber" value="<!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="itemnumber" -->" />
     <!-- /TMPL_LOOP -->
 <!-- /TMPL_IF -->   
 
-
+<!-- TMPL_IF NAME="itemresults" -->
 		<div id="cataloguing_additem_newitem">
 	     <input type="hidden" name="op" value="<!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="op" -->" />
 	     <p>This will delete <!-- TMPL_IF NAME="too_many_items" -->all the<!-- TMPL_ELSE -->the selected<!-- /TMPL_IF --> items.</p>
@@ -131,10 +132,15 @@
 		    <div id="jobstatus">Job progress: <div id="jobprogress"></div> <span id="jobprogresspercent">0</span>%</div>
 		    <div id="jobfailed"></div>
 		</div>
-		<input type="submit" name="mainformsubmit" value="Delete selected items" onclick="return submitBackgroundJob(this.form);" />
+		<!-- TMPL_IF NAME="too_many_items" --><input type="submit" name="mainformsubmit" value="Delete ALL submitted items" onclick="return submitBackgroundJob(this.form);" /><!-- TMPL_ELSE -->
+		<input type="submit" name="mainformsubmit" value="Delete selected items" onclick="return submitBackgroundJob(this.form);" /><!-- /TMPL_IF -->
+
 		<a href="/cgi-bin/koha/tools/batchMod.pl?del=1" class="cancel">Cancel</a>
 	    </fieldset>
 	</div>
+	<!-- TMPL_ELSE -->
+	<p><a href="/cgi-bin/koha/tools/batchMod.pl?del=1">Return to batch item deletion</a></p>
+	<!-- /TMPL_IF -->
 	<!-- /TMPL_IF -->
     <!-- /TMPL_UNLESS -->
 
diff --git a/tools/batchMod.pl b/tools/batchMod.pl
index 9982e2d88c..b2007bcc2a 100755
--- a/tools/batchMod.pl
+++ b/tools/batchMod.pl
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ if ($op eq "show"){
 
         }
     }
+
+    # Flag to tell the template there are valid results, hidden or not
+    if(scalar(@itemnumbers) > 0){ $template->param("itemresults" => 1); }
     # Only display the items if there are no more than 1000
     if (scalar(@itemnumbers) <= 1000) {
         $items_display_hashref=BuildItemsData(@itemnumbers);