diff --git a/app/views/journals/_notes_form.rhtml b/app/views/journals/_notes_form.rhtml
index 2b0a467c..19604510 100644
--- a/app/views/journals/_notes_form.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/journals/_notes_form.rhtml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <% form_remote_tag(:url => {}, :html => { :id => "journal-#{@journal.id}-form" }) do %>
+
+    <%= label_tag "notes", l(:description_notes), :class => "hidden-for-sighted" %>
     <%= text_area_tag :notes, @journal.notes, :class => 'wiki-edit',
                                               :rows => (@journal.notes.blank? ? 10 : [[10, @journal.notes.length / 50].max, 100].min) %>
     <%= call_hook(:view_journals_notes_form_after_notes, { :journal => @journal}) %>
diff --git a/config/locales/de.yml b/config/locales/de.yml
index caafd8dd..b30a064b 100644
--- a/config/locales/de.yml
+++ b/config/locales/de.yml
@@ -986,6 +986,7 @@ de:
   description_search: Suchfeld
   description_choose_project: Projektwahl
   description_project_scope: Suchbereich
+  description_notes: Notizen
   description_message_content: Nachrichteninhalt
   description_query_sort_criteria_attribute: Sortierattribut
   description_query_sort_criteria_direction: Sortierrichtung
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index a985fdb7..0398c912 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -968,6 +968,7 @@ en:
   description_search: Searchfield
   description_choose_project: Choose Project
   description_project_scope: Search scope
+  description_notes: Notes
   description_message_content: Message content
   description_query_sort_criteria_attribute: Sort attribute
   description_query_sort_criteria_direction: Sort direction