diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/controls/ContentTypeControlNew.ascx b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/controls/ContentTypeControlNew.ascx
index e8e148a0dc..9d89374e99 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/controls/ContentTypeControlNew.ascx
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/controls/ContentTypeControlNew.ascx
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
             <asp:CheckBox runat="server" ID="cb_isContainer" Text="Yes" /><br />            
         </cc2:PropertyPanel>   
 
-        <cc2:PropertyPanel ID="pp_containerConfigPageSize" runat="server" Text="List view page size<br/><small>If selected as a container type the page size is defined here (default if not provided: 10)</small>">
+        <cc2:PropertyPanel ID="pp_containerConfigPageSize" runat="server" Text="List view page size<br/><small>Number of entries per page if selected for display in list view</small>">
             <asp:TextBox ID="txtContainerConfigPageSize" CssClass="guiInputText guiInputStandardSize" runat="server" type="number" min="1" max="100"></asp:TextBox>        
         </cc2:PropertyPanel> 
     </cc2:Pane>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/controls/ContentTypeControlNew.ascx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/controls/ContentTypeControlNew.ascx.cs
index dbdf9610bc..ede906d1aa 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/controls/ContentTypeControlNew.ascx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/controls/ContentTypeControlNew.ascx.cs
@@ -372,18 +372,29 @@ namespace umbraco.controls
         /// <returns>Container configuration as JSON string</returns>
         private string GetProvidedContainerConfigAsJsonString()
         {
+            var configProvided = false;
+
             int pageSize;
-            if (!int.TryParse(txtContainerConfigPageSize.Text, out pageSize))
+            if (int.TryParse(txtContainerConfigPageSize.Text, out pageSize))
+            {
+                configProvided = true; 
+            }
+            else
             {
                 pageSize = 10;  // - default page size if none configured
             }
 
-            var containerConfig = new ContentTypeContainerConfiguration
+            if (configProvided)
             {
-                PageSize = pageSize,
-            };
+                var containerConfig = new ContentTypeContainerConfiguration
+                {
+                    PageSize = pageSize,
+                };
 
-            return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(containerConfig);
+                return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(containerConfig);
+            }
+
+            return string.Empty;
         }
 
         /// <summary>