diff --git a/addons/project_issue/project_issue.py b/addons/project_issue/project_issue.py
index fe5ce9f325b..55aa0fd557b 100644
--- a/addons/project_issue/project_issue.py
+++ b/addons/project_issue/project_issue.py
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class project_issue(base_stage, osv.osv):
                              Define Responsible user and Email account for mail gateway.'),
         'partner_id': fields.many2one('res.partner', 'Contact', select=1),
         'company_id': fields.many2one('res.company', 'Company'),
-        'description': fields.text('Description'),
+        'description': fields.text('Private Note'),
         'state': fields.related('stage_id', 'state', type="selection", store=True,
                 selection=_ISSUE_STATE, string="Status", readonly=True,
                 help='The status is set to \'Draft\', when a case is created.\
diff --git a/addons/project_issue/project_issue_view.xml b/addons/project_issue/project_issue_view.xml
index 9e25fbca6a6..60cc6448a46 100644
--- a/addons/project_issue/project_issue_view.xml
+++ b/addons/project_issue/project_issue_view.xml
@@ -111,26 +111,26 @@
                             <field name="user_id"/>
                             <field name="partner_id"  on_change="onchange_partner_id(partner_id, email_from)"/>
                             <field name="email_from"/>
-                        </group>
-                        <group>
-                            <field name="priority" groups="base.group_user"/>
                             <label for="project_id" groups="base.group_user"/>
                             <div groups="base.group_user">
                                 <field name="project_id" on_change="on_change_project(project_id)" class="oe_inline" context="{'default_use_issues':1}"/>
-                                <button name="case_escalate" string="Escalate" type="object" states="draft,open,pending" class="oe_inline"/>
+                                <button name="case_escalate" string="⇒ Escalate" type="object" states="draft,open,pending" class="oe_link"/>
                             </div>
+                        </group>
+                        <group>
+                            <field name="categ_ids" widget="many2many_tags"/>
+                            <field name="version_id" groups="base.group_user"/>
+                            <field name="priority" groups="base.group_user"/>
                             <label for="task_id" groups="base.group_user"/>
                             <div groups="base.group_user">
                                 <field name="task_id" on_change="onchange_task_id(task_id)" class="oe_inline" context="{'default_project_id':project_id}"/>
                                 <field name="progress" widget="progressbar" attrs="{'invisible':[('task_id','=',False)]}" class="oe_inline"/>
                             </div>
-                            <field name="categ_ids" widget="many2many_tags"/>
-                            <field name="version_id" groups="base.group_user"/>
                         </group>
                     </group>
                     <notebook>
                         <page string="Description">
-                            <field name="description" placeholder="Add a description..."/>
+                            <field name="description" placeholder="Add an internal note..." groups="base.group_user"/>
                         </page>
                         <page string="Extra Info" groups="base.group_no_one">
                             <group col="4" colspan="4">