diff --git a/addons/crm/crm_opportunity_view.xml b/addons/crm/crm_opportunity_view.xml
index 9b6e3739dce..4bf7a0b858d 100644
--- a/addons/crm/crm_opportunity_view.xml
+++ b/addons/crm/crm_opportunity_view.xml
@@ -56,10 +56,11 @@
             <form string="Opportunities">
                 <group colspan="4" col="7">
                     <field name="name" string="Opportunity"/>
-                    <group colspan="2" col="4">
-                        <field name="stage_id" readonly="1" on_change="onchange_stage_id(stage_id)" widget="selection" domain="[('object_id.model', '=', 'crm.opportunity')]"/>
-                        <button name="stage_previous" string="Previous" states="open,pending" type="object" icon="gtk-go-back"/>
-                        <button name="stage_next" string="Next" states="open,pending" type="object" icon="gtk-go-forward"/>
+                    <label string="Stage:" align="1.0"/>
+                    <group colspan="1" col="4">
+                        <field name="stage_id" nolabel="1" on_change="onchange_stage_id(stage_id)" widget="selection" domain="[('object_id.model', '=', 'crm.opportunity')]"/>
+                        <button name="stage_previous" states="open,pending" type="object" icon="gtk-go-back" string=""/>
+                        <button name="stage_next" states="open,pending" type="object" icon="gtk-go-forward" string=""/>
                     </group>
                     <field name="user_id"/>
                     <button string="Schedule Meeting"