diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/bootstrap_and_overrides.css.less b/app/assets/stylesheets/bootstrap_and_overrides.css.less
index c7b1ba6b..bb8ccc3d 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/bootstrap_and_overrides.css.less
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/bootstrap_and_overrides.css.less
@@ -352,6 +352,10 @@ label {
     }
   }
 }
+// fix checkbox form height
+.controls > label.checkbox { margin-top: 5px; }
+.settings-group .controls > label.checkbox { margin-top: 0; }
+
 
 // it's a bit distracting
 .icon-asterisk {
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 6313b6a1..217be43e 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -1124,6 +1124,7 @@ en:
       reply_indent: "> %{line}"
       reply_subject: 'Re: %{subject}'
     new:
+      hint_private: Message doesn’t show in Foodsoft mail inbox
       list:
         desc: 'Please send messages to all using the mailing-list: %{list}'
         mail: for example with an email to %{email}.
@@ -1446,8 +1447,6 @@ en:
         unit: e.g. KG or 1L or 500g
       article_category:
         description: comma-separated list of category names recognised at import/synchronisation
-      message:
-        private: Message doesn’t show in Foodsoft mail inbox
       order_article:
         units_to_order: If you change the total amount of delivered units, you also have to change individual group amounts by clicking on the article name. They will not be automatically recalculated and so ordergroups may be accounted for articles that were not delivered!
         update_global_price: Also update the price of future orders
diff --git a/plugins/messages/app/views/messages/new.haml b/plugins/messages/app/views/messages/new.haml
index 910076a0..40a2d67b 100644
--- a/plugins/messages/app/views/messages/new.haml
+++ b/plugins/messages/app/views/messages/new.haml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   #recipients
     = f.input :recipient_tokens, :input_html => { 'data-pre' => User.where(id: @message.recipients_ids).map(&:token_attributes).to_json }
     = f.input :group_id, :as => :select, :collection => Group.undeleted.order('type DESC', 'name ASC').reject { |g| g.memberships.empty? }
-  = f.input :private
+  = f.input :private, inline_label: t('.hint_private')
   = f.input :subject, input_html: {class: 'input-xxlarge'}
   = f.input :body, input_html: {class: 'input-xxlarge', rows: 13}
   .form-actions
diff --git a/plugins/messages/config/locales/en.yml b/plugins/messages/config/locales/en.yml
index 74f197b1..448e641e 100644
--- a/plugins/messages/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/plugins/messages/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ en:
       reply_indent: ! '> %{line}'
       reply_subject: ! 'Re: %{subject}'
     new:
+      hint_private: Message doesn’t show in Foodsoft mail inbox
       list:
         desc: ! 'Please send messages to all using the mailing-list: %{list}'
         mail: for example with an email to %{email}.
@@ -84,7 +85,3 @@ en:
 '
   navigation:
     messages: Messages
-  simple_form:
-    hints:
-      message:
-        private: Message doesn’t show in Foodsoft mail inbox