diff --git a/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.html.erb b/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.html.erb
index 720cfea69..322251912 100644
--- a/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.html.erb
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+<% if @journal.private_notes? %>
+  (<%= l(:field_private_notes) %>)
+<% end %>
 <%= l(:text_issue_updated, :id => "##{@issue.id}", :author => h(@journal.user)) %>
 
 <ul>
diff --git a/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.text.erb b/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.text.erb
index e0f10811b..395f8f626 100644
--- a/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.text.erb
+++ b/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.text.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<%= l(:text_issue_updated, :id => "##{@issue.id}", :author => @journal.user) %>
+<%= "(#{l(:field_private_notes)}) " if @journal.private_notes? -%><%= l(:text_issue_updated, :id => "##{@issue.id}", :author => @journal.user) %>
 
 <% details_to_strings(@journal.details, true).each do |string| -%>
 <%= string %>
diff --git a/test/unit/mailer_test.rb b/test/unit/mailer_test.rb
index f429a3908..3fb9b701f 100644
--- a/test/unit/mailer_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/mailer_test.rb
@@ -361,6 +361,17 @@ class MailerTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_not_include 'someone@foo.bar', ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.last.bcc.sort
   end
 
+  def test_issue_edit_should_mark_private_notes
+    journal = Journal.find(2)
+    journal.private_notes = true
+    journal.save!
+
+    with_settings :default_language => 'en' do
+      Mailer.issue_edit(journal).deliver
+    end
+    assert_mail_body_match '(Private notes)', last_email
+  end
+
   def test_document_added
     document = Document.find(1)
     valid_languages.each do |lang|