diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py
index a1ab0ae04f3..84bdab4ad99 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class hr_holidays(osv.osv):
         return result
 
     _columns = {
-        'name': fields.char('Description', required=True, size=64),
+        'name': fields.text('Description'),
         '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.\
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ class hr_holidays(osv.osv):
         #'manager_id': fields.many2one('hr.employee', 'Leave Manager', invisible=False, readonly=True, help='This area is automatically filled by the user who validate the leave'),
         #'notes': fields.text('Notes',readonly=True, states={'draft':[('readonly',False)]}),
         'manager_id': fields.many2one('hr.employee', 'First Approval', invisible=False, readonly=True, help='This area is automatically filled by the user who validate the leave'),
-        'notes': fields.text('Reasons',readonly=True, states={'draft':[('readonly',False)], 'confirm':[('readonly',False)]}),
         'number_of_days_temp': fields.float('Number of Days', readonly=True, states={'draft':[('readonly',False)], 'confirm':[('readonly',False)]}),
         'number_of_days': fields.function(_compute_number_of_days, string='Number of Days', store=True),
         'case_id': fields.many2one('crm.meeting', 'Meeting'),
diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
index 1237cdb14f4..287ec8c83e6 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
@@ -112,39 +112,32 @@
                 <sheet string="Leave Request">
                     <group>
                         <group>
-                            <field name="name" attrs="{'readonly':[('state','!=','draft'),('state','!=','confirm')]}"/>
+                            <field name="holiday_status_id" on_change="onchange_sec_id(holiday_status_id)" context="{'employee_id':employee_id}"/>
+                                <label for="number_of_days_temp" string="Duration"/>
+                                <group col="3">
+                                    <field name="date_from" on_change="onchange_date_from(date_to, date_from)" required="1" nolabel="1" class="oe_online"/>
+                                    <label string="-"/>
+                                    <field name="date_to" on_change="onchange_date_from(date_to, date_from)" required="1" nolabel="1" class="oe_online"/>
+                                    <div><field name="number_of_days_temp" nolabel="1" class="oe_inline"/> <label string="days" class="oe_inline"/></div>
+                                </group>
+                        </group>
+                        <group>
                             <field name="holiday_type" on_change="onchange_type(holiday_type)" attrs="{'readonly':[('state','!=','draft')]}" width="130" string="Mode" groups="base.group_hr_user"/>
                             <field name="employee_id" attrs="{'required':[('holiday_type','=','employee')],'invisible':[('holiday_type','=','category')]}" groups="base.group_hr_user"/>
                             <field name="category_id" attrs="{'required':[('holiday_type','=','category')], 'invisible':[('holiday_type','=','employee')], 'readonly':[('state','!=','draft'), ('state','!=','confirm')]}"/>
                             <field name="department_id" attrs="{'readonly':[('holiday_type','=','category')]}" groups="base.group_hr_user"/>
                         </group>
+                    </group>
+                    <group>
                         <group>
-                            <field name="holiday_status_id" on_change="onchange_sec_id(holiday_status_id)" context="{'employee_id':employee_id}"/>
-                            <label for="number_of_days_temp" string="Duration"/>
-                            <div>
-                                <field name="date_from" on_change="onchange_date_from(date_to, date_from)" required="1" class="oe_inline"/> - 
-                                <field name="date_to" on_change="onchange_date_from(date_to, date_from)" required="1" class="oe_inline"/>
-                                <div>
-                                    <field name="number_of_days_temp" class="oe_inline"/> days
-                                </div>
-                            </div>
+                            <field name="double_validation" invisible="1"/>
+                        </group>
+                        <group>
+                            <field name="manager_id2" attrs="{'invisible':[('double_validation', '!=', True)]}" groups="base.group_no_one"/>
                         </group>
                     </group>
-                    <notebook colspan="4">
-                        <page string="General">
-                            <group>
-                                <group>
-                                    <field name="manager_id" groups="base.group_no_one"/>
-                                    <field name="double_validation" invisible="1"/>
-                                </group>
-                                <group>
-                                    <field name="manager_id2" attrs="{'invisible':[('double_validation', '!=', True)]}" groups="base.group_no_one"/>
-                                </group>
-                            </group>
-                            <newline/>
-                            <field name="notes" nolabel="1" colspan="4" placeholder="Add a reason..."/>
-                        </page>
-                    </notebook>
+                    <newline/>
+                    <field name="name" attrs="{'readonly':[('state','!=','draft'),('state','!=','confirm')]}"/>
                 </sheet>
                 <footer>
                     <field name="message_ids" colspan="4" widget="mail_thread" nolabel="1"/>
@@ -171,27 +164,21 @@
                 <sheet>
                     <group>
                         <group>
-                            <field name="name"/>
+                            <field name="holiday_status_id" on_change="onchange_sec_id(holiday_status_id)" context="{'employee_id':employee_id}"/>
+                            <field name="number_of_days_temp"/>
+                        </group>
+                        <group>
                             <field name="holiday_type" on_change="onchange_type(holiday_type)" attrs="{'readonly':[('state','!=','draft')]}" string="Allocation Mode" groups="base.group_hr_manager"/>
                             <field name="employee_id" attrs="{'required':[('holiday_type','=','employee')], 'invisible':[('holiday_type','=','category')]}"/>
                             <field name="category_id" attrs="{'required':[('holiday_type','=','category')], 'readonly':[('state','!=','draft')], 'invisible':[('holiday_type','=','employee')]}"/>
                             <field name="department_id" attrs="{'readonly':['|', ('holiday_type','=','category'), ('state','not in' ,('draft', 'confirm'))]}"/>
                         </group>
-                        <group>
-                            <field name="holiday_status_id" on_change="onchange_sec_id(holiday_status_id)" context="{'employee_id':employee_id}"/>
-                            <field name="number_of_days_temp"/>
-                        </group>
                     </group>
-                    <notebook>
-                        <page string="General">
-                            <group col="4">
-                                <field name="double_validation" invisible="1"/>
-                                <field name="manager_id"/>
-                                <field name="manager_id2" attrs="{'invisible':[('double_validation', '!=', True)]}"/>
-                            </group>
-                            <field name="notes" placeholder="Add a reason..."/>
-                        </page>
-                    </notebook>
+                    <group>
+                        <field name="double_validation" invisible="1"/>
+                        <field name="manager_id2" attrs="{'invisible':[('double_validation', '!=', True)]}"/>
+                    </group>
+                    <field name="name"/>
                 </sheet>
                 <footer>
                     <field name="message_ids" colspan="4" widget="mail_thread" nolabel="1"/>
@@ -237,7 +224,6 @@
                         <field name="state"/>
                     </header>
                     <group col="4">
-                        <field name="name"/>
                         <field name="holiday_status_id"/>
                         <field name="type"/>
                         <field name="date_from" on_change="onchange_date_from(date_to, date_from)" attrs="{'readonly':[('type','=','add')], 'required':[('type','=','remove')]}"/>
@@ -245,7 +231,7 @@
                         <field name="number_of_days_temp"/>
                         <field name="manager_id"/>
                     </group>
-                    <field name="notes"/>
+                    <field name="name"/>
                 </form>
             </field>
         </record>