diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/repository/ui/catalog/CatalogNodeManagerController.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/repository/ui/catalog/CatalogNodeManagerController.java
index 002c5bb1acd7cd82992cacd0b0194282c45ba6dd..42f0196bcc30086e80b3e1c23a47a1b44370fc5d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/repository/ui/catalog/CatalogNodeManagerController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/repository/ui/catalog/CatalogNodeManagerController.java
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ public class CatalogNodeManagerController extends FormBasicController implements
 		
 		FlexiTableColumnModel nodeEntriesColumnsModel = getNodeFlexiTableColumnModel("nodes-", showCategoryUpDownColumn);
 		nodeEntriesModel = new NodeEntryRowModel(nodeEntriesColumnsModel);
-		nodeEntriesEl = uifactory.addTableElement(getWindowControl(), "nodeEntries", nodeEntriesModel, getTranslator(), formLayout);
+		nodeEntriesEl = uifactory.addTableElement(getWindowControl(), "nodeEntries", nodeEntriesModel, 20, false, getTranslator(), formLayout);
 	}
 	
 	private FlexiTableColumnModel getCatalogFlexiTableColumnModel(String cmdPrefix, boolean sortEnabled, boolean showUpDownColumn) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/repository/ui/catalog/_content/node.html b/src/main/java/org/olat/repository/ui/catalog/_content/node.html
index 4b2db8e2f0af1404032ebc26f1d0ef9cba9830df..14c6a6b7d0c77ff8d85853316f92627eeb784add 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/repository/ui/catalog/_content/node.html
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/repository/ui/catalog/_content/node.html
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 	#end
 	## Render node list component
 	#if($isOrdering)
+		<div class="o_info">$r.translate("catalog.order.info")</div>
 		$r.render("nodeEntries")
 		#if($r.available("entries"))
 			<hr>
@@ -120,4 +121,4 @@
 		</div>
 		#end
 	#end
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/repository/ui/catalog/_i18n/LocalStrings_de.properties b/src/main/java/org/olat/repository/ui/catalog/_i18n/LocalStrings_de.properties
index 77ed6a2275d10a84bc91634e53b2d4e6f7b369e6..44e827e557571eebf4b1322f9eba8fc16f9cf413 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/repository/ui/catalog/_i18n/LocalStrings_de.properties
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/repository/ui/catalog/_i18n/LocalStrings_de.properties
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ cat.move.submit=Element verschieben.
 cat.move.title=Eintrag an Kategorie anh\u00E4ngen\!
 catalog.locked.by=Die Aktion kann nicht ausgef\u00fchrt werden, da der Katalog zur Zeit vom Benutzer {0} bearbeitet wird.
 catalog.locked.by.same.user=$\:catalog.locked.by $org.olat.core\:lock.same.user.different.window
+catalog.order.info=Hier k\u00F6nnen Sie die Anzeige-Reihenfolge der Kategorien und Eintr\u00E4ge ver\u00E4ndern.<br>Die manuelle Sortierung ist nur m\u00F6glich, wenn keine automatische Sortierung aktiviert ist.<br>Diese Einstellungen k\u00F6nnen Sie im Men\u00fc unter \u0022Daten \u00E4ndern\u0022 anpassen.
 catalog.popup.edit.shorttitle.desc=Setzen Sie einen Kurztitel zur Anzeige bei den Tiles.
 catalog.popup.position.error.number.format=Nur Zahlen eingeben
 catalog.popup.position.error.number=Werte von {0} bis {1} sind zul\u00e4ssig
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/repository/ui/catalog/_i18n/LocalStrings_en.properties b/src/main/java/org/olat/repository/ui/catalog/_i18n/LocalStrings_en.properties
index cbb11acee4fd15775ed9ceefb230c48a6e77beb5..4788b953df76a38ca8b0f530635cc75c068243bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/repository/ui/catalog/_i18n/LocalStrings_en.properties
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/repository/ui/catalog/_i18n/LocalStrings_en.properties
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ catalog.courses=My courses
 catalog.locked.by=Cannot start action at this time because this catalog is currently being edited by user {0}
 catalog.locked.by.same.user=$\:catalog.locked.by $org.olat.core\:lock.same.user.different.window
 catalog.new=Catalog in own site
+catalog.order.info=Here you can change the display order of categories and entries.<br>Manual sorting is only possible if automatic sorting is not activated.<br>You can adjust these settings in the menu under \u0022Modify data\u0022.
 catalog.popup.edit.shorttitle.desc=Add a short title for tiles view.
 catalog.popup.position.error.number.format=Only numeric inputs
 catalog.popup.position.error.number=Only values from {0} to {1}