diff --git a/src/dataforms_widget.py b/src/dataforms_widget.py
index a4f9448bd8765cae719edf052ed11f59dd5cad6e..36cb03ab46c3eca686fd15565038b78eb3810dd0 100644
--- a/src/dataforms_widget.py
+++ b/src/dataforms_widget.py
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ class SingleForm(gtk.Table, object):
 
 			if commondesc and field.description!='':
 				label = gtk.Label()
+				label.set_alignment(0.0, 0.5)	# align to left
 				label.set_markup('<small>'+\
 					gtkgui_helpers.escape_for_pango_markup(field.description)+\
 					'</small>')