diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py
index aaff2183050..0cf9d5db867 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class hr_holidays(osv.osv):
         return result
 
     _columns = {
-        'name': fields.char('Description', required=True, size=64),
+        'name': fields.char('Description', size=64),
         'state': fields.selection([('draft', 'To Submit'), ('cancel', 'Cancelled'),('confirm', 'To Approve'), ('refuse', 'Refused'), ('validate1', 'Second Approval'), ('validate', 'Approved')],
             'State', readonly=True, help='The state is set to \'To Submit\', when a holiday request is created.\
             \nThe state is \'To Approve\', when holiday request is confirmed by user.\
diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
index adbf6b0e794..50e572fcbb9 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@
                 </header>
                 <sheet string="Leave Request">
                     <group>
+                    	<group col="3">
+                    		<field name="name" attrs="{'readonly':[('state','!=','draft'),('state','!=','confirm')]}"/>
+                    	</group>
+                        <newline></newline>
                         <group>
                             <field name="holiday_status_id" on_change="onchange_status_id(holiday_status_id)" context="{'employee_id':employee_id}"/>
                             <label for="number_of_days_temp" string="Duration"/>
@@ -139,8 +143,6 @@
                                     <field name="manager_id2" attrs="{'invisible':[('double_validation', '!=', True)]}" groups="base.group_no_one"/>
                                 </group>
                             </group>
-                            <newline/>
-                            <field name="name" nolabel="1" attrs="{'readonly':[('state','!=','draft'),('state','!=','confirm')]}" placeholder="Add a reason..."/>
                     </group>
                 </sheet>
                 <div class="oe_chatter">
@@ -166,6 +168,10 @@
                 </header>
                 <sheet>
                     <group>
+	                    <group>
+	                    	<field name="name" required="1" attrs="{'readonly':[('state','!=','draft'),('state','!=','confirm')]}"/>
+	                    </group>
+	                    <newline/>
                         <group>
                             <field name="holiday_status_id" on_change="onchange_status_id(holiday_status_id)" context="{'employee_id':employee_id}"/>
                             <field name="number_of_days_temp"/>
@@ -181,7 +187,8 @@
                         <field name="double_validation" invisible="1"/>
                         <field name="manager_id2" attrs="{'invisible':[('double_validation', '!=', True)]}"/>
                     </group>
-                    <field name="name" placeholder="Add a reason..."/>
+                    <newline/>
+                    <field name="notes" nolabel="1" colspan="4" placeholder="Add a reason..."/>
                 </sheet>
                 <div class="oe_chatter">
                     <field name="message_ids" colspan="4" widget="mail_thread" nolabel="1"/>