diff --git a/addons/account_asset/account_asset.py b/addons/account_asset/account_asset.py
index 2e9df0b5693..8cd73c60aa7 100644
--- a/addons/account_asset/account_asset.py
+++ b/addons/account_asset/account_asset.py
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class account_asset_asset(osv.osv):
             "  * Linear: Calculated on basis of: Gross Value / Number of Depreciations\n" \
             "  * Degressive: Calculated on basis of: Remaining Value * Degressive Factor"),
         'method_number': fields.integer('Number of Depreciations', readonly=True, states={'draft':[('readonly',False)]}, help="Calculates Depreciation within specified interval"),
-        'method_period': fields.integer('Period Length', required=True, readonly=True, states={'draft':[('readonly',False)]}, help="State here the time during 2 depreciations, in months"),
+        'method_period': fields.integer('Number of Months in a Period', required=True, readonly=True, states={'draft':[('readonly',False)]}, help="State here the time during 2 depreciations, in months"),
         'method_end': fields.date('Ending Date', readonly=True, states={'draft':[('readonly',False)]}),
         'method_progress_factor': fields.float('Degressive Factor', readonly=True, states={'draft':[('readonly',False)]}),
         'value_residual': fields.function(_amount_residual, method=True, digits_compute=dp.get_precision('Account'), string='Residual Value'),
diff --git a/addons/account_asset/account_asset_view.xml b/addons/account_asset/account_asset_view.xml
index 90c4db33ac6..dec5f3714d6 100644
--- a/addons/account_asset/account_asset_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account_asset/account_asset_view.xml
@@ -88,25 +88,25 @@
                     <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,open"/>
                 </header>
                 <sheet>
-                    <label for="name" class="oe_edit_only"/>
-                    <h1>
-                        <field name="name" class="oe_inline"/> -
-                        <field name="code"  class="oe_inline"  placeholder="Reference"/>
+                    <div class="oe_button_box oe_right">
                         <button name="open_entries" string="Entries" type="object" class="oe_inline"/>
-                    </h1>
-                    <label for="category_id" class="oe_edit_only"/>
-                    <h2>
-                        <field name="category_id" on_change="onchange_category_id(category_id)"/>
-                    </h2>
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="oe_title">
+                        <label for="name" class="oe_edit_only"/>
+                        <h1>
+                            <field name="name" class="oe_inline"/>
+                        </h1>
+                    </div>
                     <group>
                         <group>
+                            <field name="category_id" on_change="onchange_category_id(category_id)"/>
+                            <field name="code"/>
                             <field name="parent_id"/>
-                            <field name="partner_id"/>
                         </group>
                         <group>
-                            <field name="company_id" widget="selection" groups="base.group_multi_company" on_change="onchange_company_id(company_id)"/>
                             <field name="purchase_date"/>
                             <field name="currency_id"/>
+                            <field name="company_id" widget="selection" groups="base.group_multi_company" on_change="onchange_company_id(company_id)"/>
                         </group>
                     </group>
                     <notebook colspan="4">
@@ -116,20 +116,20 @@
 	                                <field name="purchase_value"/>
 	                                <field name="salvage_value"/>
 	                                <field name="value_residual"/>
+                                    <field name="partner_id"/>
 	                            </group>
 	                            <group>
 	                                <field name="method"/>
 	                                <field name="method_progress_factor" attrs="{'invisible':[('method','=','linear')], 'required':[('method','=','degressive')]}"/>
+                                    <label for="method_time"/>
+                                    <div>
+	                                    <field name="method_time" on_change="onchange_method_time(method_time)" class="oe_inline"/>
+	                                    <button name="%(action_asset_modify)d" states="open" string="Change Duration" type="action" icon="terp-stock_effects-object-colorize" class="oe_inline" colspan="1"/>
+                                    </div>
 	                                <field name="prorata" attrs="{'invisible': [('method_time','=','end')]}"/>
-	                            </group>
-	                        </group>
-	                        <group>
-	                            <group>
-	                                <field name="method_time" on_change="onchange_method_time(method_time)"/>
 	                                <field name="method_number" attrs="{'invisible':[('method_time','=','end')], 'required':[('method_time','=','number')]}"/>
 	                                <field name="method_period"/>
 	                                <field name="method_end" attrs="{'required': [('method_time','=','end')], 'invisible':[('method_time','=','number')]}"/>
-	                                <button name="%(action_asset_modify)d" states="open" string="Change Duration" type="action" icon="terp-stock_effects-object-colorize" colspan="2"/>
 	                            </group>
 	                        </group>
                         </page>
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
                             <field name="history_ids" readonly="1"/>
                         </page>
                         <page string="Notes">
-                            <field name="note"/>
+                            <field name="note" placeholder="Add an internal note here..."/>
                         </page>
                     </notebook>
                 </sheet>