diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_leave_views.xml b/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_leave_views.xml
index dc5bde16223..64250a55de8 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_leave_views.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_leave_views.xml
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
                 <field name="tz_mismatch" invisible="1"/>
                 <field name="holiday_type" invisible="1" readonly="state not in ['confirm', 'draft']"/>
                 <field name="leave_type_request_unit" invisible="1"/>
-                <div class="o_hr_leave_content row my-n4">
+                <div class="o_hr_leave_content">
                     <div class="o_hr_leave_column col_left col-md-6 col-12">
                         <div name="title" class="o_hr_leave_title" invisible="1">
                             <field name="employee_id" readonly="1" force_save="1" invisible="1"/>
@@ -279,9 +279,6 @@
                             <field name="display_name" invisible="not holiday_status_id"/>
                         </div>
                         <field name="leave_type_increases_duration" invisible="True"/>
-                        <div name="duration_warning" invisible="not leave_type_increases_duration" class="alert alert-warning mb-0" role="alert">
-                            <span >You can only take this time off in whole days, so if your schedule has half days, it won't be used efficiently.</span>
-                        </div><br />
                         <group name="col_left">
                             <field name="employee_company_id" invisible="1"/>
                             <field name="holiday_status_id" force_save="1"
@@ -310,7 +307,7 @@
                             <label for="request_date_from" invisible="request_unit_half or request_unit_hours" string="Dates" />
                             <div class="o_row" invisible="not request_unit_half and not request_unit_hours">
                                 <field name="request_date_from" class="oe_inline" string="Date" readonly="state not in ('draft', 'confirm')" />
-                                <field name="request_date_from_period" invisible="not request_unit_half" required="request_unit_half"/>
+                                <field name="request_date_from_period" invisible="not request_unit_half" required="request_unit_half" readonly="state not in ('draft', 'confirm')"/>
                             </div>
                             <!-- full days: show date start/end with daterange -->
                             <div class="o_row" invisible="request_unit_half or request_unit_hours">
@@ -355,6 +352,9 @@
                         </group>
                     </div>
                 </div>
+                <div name="duration_warning" invisible="not leave_type_increases_duration" class="alert alert-warning mb-0" role="alert">
+                    <span >You can only take this time off in whole days, so if your schedule has half days, it won't be used efficiently.</span>
+                </div>
             </sheet>
             <div class="o_attachment_preview"/>
             <div class="oe_chatter">