diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/less/components/users/umb-permission.less b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/less/components/users/umb-permission.less
index c041f3f4ea..f5a81e3393 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/less/components/users/umb-permission.less
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/less/components/users/umb-permission.less
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
 
 .umb-permission__description {
     font-size: 13px;
-    color: @gray-5;
+    color: @gray-4;
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/overlays/unpublish.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/overlays/unpublish.html
index b0baee7000..72e6239759 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/overlays/unpublish.html
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/overlays/unpublish.html
@@ -20,19 +20,11 @@
                     <div>
                         <label for="{{variant.htmlId}}" style="margin-bottom: 2px;">
                             <span>{{ variant.language.name }}</span>
-                            <strong ng-if="variant.language.isMandatory" class="umb-control-required">*</strong>
                         </label>
 
-                        <div ng-if="!publishVariantSelectorForm.publishVariantSelector.$invalid && !(variant.notifications && variant.notifications.length > 0)">
-                            <umb-variant-state class="umb-permission__description" variant="variant"></umb-variant-state>
-                        </div>
-
-                        <div ng-messages="publishVariantSelectorForm.publishVariantSelector.$error" show-validation-on-submit>
-                            <div class="umb-permission__description" style="color: #F02E28;" ng-message="valServerField">{{publishVariantSelectorForm.publishVariantSelector.errorMsg}}</div>
-                        </div>
-
-                        <div ng-repeat="notification in variant.notifications">
-                            <div class="umb-permission__description" style="color: #1FB572;">{{notification.message}}</div>
+                        <div class="umb-permission__description">
+                            <umb-variant-state variant="variant"></umb-variant-state>
+                            <span ng-if="variant.language.isMandatory"> - <localize key="languages_mandatoryLanguage"></localize></span>
                         </div>
 
                     </div>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml
index 2ff3d933ed..37d7d7d807 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/config/lang/en_us.xml
@@ -1708,7 +1708,7 @@ To manage your website, simply open the Umbraco back office and start adding con
 
     <area alias="languages">
         <key alias="addLanguage">Add language</key>
-        <key alias="mandatoryLanguage">Mandatory</key>
+        <key alias="mandatoryLanguage">Mandatory language</key>
         <key alias="mandatoryLanguageHelp">Properties on this language has to be filled out before the node can be published.</key>
         <key alias="defaultLanguage">Default language</key>
         <key alias="defaultLanguageHelp">An Umbraco site can only have one default language set.</key>