diff --git a/addons/account/account.py b/addons/account/account.py
index b5d52dc680f..c22c8c58413 100644
--- a/addons/account/account.py
+++ b/addons/account/account.py
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ class account_account(osv.osv):
         'balance': fields.function(__compute, digits_compute=dp.get_precision('Account'), string='Balance', multi='balance'),
         'credit': fields.function(__compute, digits_compute=dp.get_precision('Account'), string='Credit', multi='balance'),
         'debit': fields.function(__compute, digits_compute=dp.get_precision('Account'), string='Debit', multi='balance'),
-        'reconcile': fields.boolean('Reconcile', help="Check this if the user is allowed to reconcile entries in this account."),
+        'reconcile': fields.boolean('Allow Reconciliation', help="Check this box if this account allows reconciliation of journal items."),
         'shortcut': fields.char('Shortcut', size=12),
         'tax_ids': fields.many2many('account.tax', 'account_account_tax_default_rel',
             'account_id', 'tax_id', 'Default Taxes'),
diff --git a/addons/account/account_view.xml b/addons/account/account_view.xml
index a158feabbd2..6c901dd8a88 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account/account_view.xml
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@
                     <field name="parent_id"/>
                     <field name="type" select="1"/>
                     <field name="user_type" select="1"/>
+                    <field name="active" groups="base.group_extended" />
                     </group>
                     <notebook colspan="4">
                         <page string="General Information">
-                            <field name="active" groups="base.group_extended" />
                             <newline/>
                             <group col="2" colspan="2">
                                 <separator string="Currency" colspan="2"/>